Chonocephalus raposoensis, Disney, 2008

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1772 (1), pp. 1-54 : 34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1772.1.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C36887E2-8704-FFAA-AD94-F951FBF5FF74

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Chonocephalus raposoensis
status

sp. nov.

Chonocephalus raposoensis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 101–103 View FIGURES 101–103 )

The name refers to the locality, Rio Raposo, where this species was first collected.

Male. Length and greatest breadth of postpedicel subequal. Left side of epandrium as Fig. 101 View FIGURES 101–103 ; right side as Fig. 102 View FIGURES 101–103 and gonopods and hypandrium as Fig. 103 View FIGURES 101–103 . Wing 0.9–1.3 mm long. Costal index 0.54–0.60. Vein 3 with a terminal vesicle which extends beyond with tip of costa. Distal third of mid tibia is white.

Material. Holotype male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Las Cruces Biological Station , 8.80 o N, 82.97 o W, 1200 m, Malaise trap, 7–17 November 2005, G. Kung & A. Kreuter ( CUMZ, 26-78) GoogleMaps . Paratypes, 13 males as holo- type except one 14–19 September 2005 ( CUMZ, LACM, 26-78-81) . 3 paratype males, Colombia, Rio Raposo , light trap, August, 1963, January and July 1964, V . H. Lee ( USNM) .

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Chonocephalus

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF