Dohrniphora praedator Borgmeier & Prado

Brown, Brian V. & Kung, Giar-Ann, 2010, 2699, Zootaxa 2699, pp. 1-142 : 112

Dohrniphora praedator Borgmeier & Prado

( Figs 251–252)

Dohrniphora praedator Borgmeier & Prado, 1975: 25–26 , fig. 41.

Holotype. ♂, BRAZIL: São Paulo: Ubatuba , 16.xii.1971, P. Montouchet, light ( MZSP; not examined). The specimen has not yet been returned to the MZSP, so was unavailable for study.

Species recognition. This species is recognized by the contrastingly dark midcoxa and the structure of the hind femur, with a basal rounded lobe bearing a triangular group of peglike setae, followed more distally by a dorsoventral carina.

In our discussion of the recognition of D. kleini Brown & Kung (2007) , we mentioned the similar “ D. fuscicoxa ”; this was an error, as the similar species is D. praedator .

Description. Body length: 1.88–2.44 mm. Head: Frons dark brown, second row of setae slightly concave. Flagellomere 1 rounded-oval, brown. Palpus slightly enlarged, inflated, orange to yellow. Thorax: Scutum light brown. Scutellum brown, with 2 pairs of subequal setae; anterior seta only slightly shorter than posterior. Pleuron whitish-yellow ventrally to light brown dorsally; dorsum of anepisternum with brown spot. Mean costal length 0.49 wing length, range 0.47–0.5. Halter light brown. Legs yellowish-brown, except apex of hind femur dark brown. Forecoxa in lateral view yellow. Foretibia with 4 dorsal setae. Foretarsomeres slender, elongate. Midcoxa dark brown. Hind coxa whitish-yellow. Hind coxal lobe yellow, moderately developed, triangular in lateral view. Posterior face of hind femur with basal triangular group of peglike setae on rounded lobe bisected by dorsoventral carina; more distally with elongate, tapered carina ( Figs 251–252). Abdomen: Abdominal tergite 1 brown, tergites 2–6 dark brown, with yellow anterior and posterior margins. Venter of abdomen whitish-gray, with few setae, larger on posterior margin of segment 5. Male terminalia dark brown, except cercus yellow.

Distribution. Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Brazil.

Other material examined. 19♂ specimens from the following localities: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Petrópolis, 22.xi.1922, B. Ronchi ( MZSP), Rio de Janeiro, 5.ix.1958, T. Borgmeier ( MZSP). COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biological Station ( INBC, LACM, MUCR). FRENCH GUIANA: Regina: Patawa (LACM) .