Eudorylas fortis Rafael, 1995

Marques, Dayse W. A., Rafael, José A. & Pollet, Marc, 2019, First records of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from French Guiana, with the description of a new species, Zoosystema 41 (13), pp. 249-258 : 254-255

Eudorylas fortis Rafael, 1995

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Eudorylas fortis Rafael, 1995: 806 , figs 55-60; 195. — De Meyer 1996: 56. — Rodriguez & Rafael 2012: 21. — Marques & Rafael 2017.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guyane. 2 ♂ Mitaraka, MIT-E, partially opened areas on savane roche 2, 02°13’59.8”N, 54°27’46.5”W, 471 m a.s.l., 13-20.VIII.2015, MT (6 m), leg. P. Henri Dalens, sample code: MITARAKA/230 MNHN) ; 1 ♀, Mitaraka, MIT-C-SL ( MIT 08), tropical moist forest (slope), 02°14’07.7”N, 54°26’41.5”W, 373 m a.s.l., 24.II-2.III.2015, WPT, leg. Marc Pollet, sample code: MITARAKA/120, MNHN .

GEOGRAPHICAL RECORDS. — French Guiana (first record), Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Goiás.

REMARKS

This species was described and illustrated by Rafael (1995). Figure 4 A-K included here should enable a better identification of this species which can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: antenna brown, postpedicel with subfiliform apex ( Fig. 4 A, B); legs predominantly black ( Fig. 4 A), all femora with ventral ctenidium; wing slightly infuscate, dm-m vein distinctly inclined ( Fig. 4 C); abdomen with gray pruinosity on tergite 1 and tergites 2-5 mainly brown pruinose and gray pruinose posterolaterally ( Fig. 4 D); surstyli somewhat symmetrical ( Fig. 4 E), in lateral view with distinct median curvature ( Fig. 4 G, H); gonopods symmetrical, with stout setae apically ( Fig. 4 I); phallic guide tapering at apex ( Fig. 4 J); phallus trifid, with long lateral process ( Fig. 4 J), and ejaculatory apodeme as in Fig. 4K.