Coniceromyia apechoneura, Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010, Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Zootaxa 2421, pp. 35-48 : 37-39

Coniceromyia apechoneura , sp. nov.

(Figs. 1, 6–9, 42)

Diagnosis. Various strong short setae occupying apical half of dorsal face of foretibia and 12–17 proepisternal large setae.

Material examined. Holotype 3, BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Urubici (Morro Igreja), 28º 00’ 05” S 49º 35’ 30” W, 18.viii.2005 - 05.xii.2005, Pinho & Bizzo col., Malaise trap. Paratypes same locality as holotype, 3, ♀, 23.ix–15.x.2006; 3, 05.xii.2004- 08.ii.2005; 33, 18.viii.2005- 05.xii.2005.

FIGURES 1–5. Male wings. 1. Coniceromyia apechoneura , sp. nov. 2. Coniceromyia brandaoi , sp. nov. 3. Coniceromyia diaphaniptera , sp. nov. 4. Coniceromyia franciscana , sp. nov. 5. Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae , sp. nov.

Description. Male. Body length, 2.7–3.0 mm. Head. Frons black, pubescent, with well defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 dark yellow, pubescent, elongate-conical. Arista apical, pubescent. Palpus dark yellow; one long postocullar seta and two or three malar setae. Thorax. Scutum and thoracic pleura dark brown, with katepimeron and anepisternum lighter ventrally; proepisternum with 12–17 large setae; anepisternum without setae; scutellum dark brown. Legs yellowish-brown; all femora with dark brown maculation. Dorsal face of foretibia with two to three long setae, various tiny strong setae on apical half and an apical crown of setae ( Fig. 42 ). Foretarsomere 1 with anteroapical process, a large seta basally, and an anterior excavation. Foretarsomeres 1 and 2 each with an apical posterior strong seta. Hind femur basally dilatated, with tiny, blunt posteroventral setae on basal half. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta. Wing. (Fig. 1) Costa not thickened, 0.38 of wing length; Sc ending near apex of C; M1 almost straight distally; M2 almost straight along entire length, slightly curved posterior at apex; distance between M2 and CuA1 at apex of CuA1 about 3.9 times the distance between M1 and M2 at same level; CuA1 concave along its entire length. Rs base with 1 seta; two axilars. Halter gray, with an apical white circle. Abdomen. Tergites entirely black, abdomen flattened dorsoventrally. Tergites 2 and 6 elongated; sternites gray. Terminalia light brown ( Figs. 6–9 ). Epandrial microtrichia covering almost all epandrial surface, except little lateral regions; various large epandrial setae present in dorsal and lateral regions; epandrial dorsal suture present, left suture directed distally; proximal part of left epandrial process without long setae, distal part with 15 long dorsal setae and a hairy, ventrally directed lobe extending into a subepandrial process; nine setae on right epandrial projection; right subepandrial plate laterally hairy; two left subepandrial processes connected to each other: a distal hairy process not emarginated (lsp) and the medial lobe ventrally curved (mdl). Hypoproct extending between the cerci, with two long setae. Hypandrium with right projection.

Female. Body length 3.3 mm. Head. Frons black, pubescent, with well defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 dark yellow, pubescent, globular. Arista preapical, pubescent. Palpus dark yellow; one long postocullar setae and two malar setae. Thorax. Scutum and thoracic pleura dark brown, lighter than in males, katepimeron and anepisternum lighter ventrally; proepisternum with seven or more large setae; anepisternum bare; scutellum dark brown. Legs yellowish-brown; all femora with dark brown maculation. Dorsal face of foretibia with two long setae, various tiny strong setae on apical half, and an apical crown of setae. Foretarsomeres 1 and 2 each with an apical posterior strong seta. Hind femur not basally dilatated. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta. Wing. Costa not thickened, 0.36 of wing length; M1 and M2 curved anteriorly; distance between M2 and CuA1 similar to distance between M2 and M1. Halter gray, with an apical white circle. Abdomen. Not flattened dorsoventrally. Tergites entirely black. Tergite 2 and 6 elongated. Abdomen gray ventrally. Ovipositor membranous.

Etymology. This name is feminine and means “diverging veins” in Greek.

Comments. Coniceromyia apechoneura includes some of the largest specimens in the genus. The wide space between M2 and CuA1 and the hypopygial structures suggest the close relationship between C. apechoneura and C. disparivena Borgmeier.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 44. Male foretibia. 26 – 28, Coniceromyia franciscana, sp. nov. (26, anterodorsal; 27, dorsal; 28, posterodorsal view); 29 – 31, Coniceromyia maculipennis (29, anterodorsal; 30, dorsal; 31, posterodorsal view); 32 – 34, Coniceromyia diaphaniptera, sp. nov. (32, anterodorsal; 33, dorsal; 34, posterodorsal view); 35 – 37, Coniceromyia anacleti (35, anterodorsal; 36, dorsal; 37, posterodorsal view); 38 – 40, Coniceromyia epicantha (38, anterodorsal; 39, dorsal; 40, posterodorsal view); 41, Coniceromyia vespertilio, anterodorsal view (modified from Borgmeier, 1950); 42, Coniceromyia apechoneura, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 43, Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 44, Coniceromyia brandaoi, sp. nov., anterodorsal view. Abbreviations: d 1, d 2, d 3, dorsal setae; ad, anterodorsal setae; pd, posterodorsal setae; pd *, additional posterodorsal setae not present in all specimens; adr; anterodorsal row of setae.

FIGURES 6 – 9. Hypopygium. Coniceromyia apechoneura, sp. nov. 6. Dorsal view; 7. Ventral view; 8. Left lateral view; 9. Right lateral view. Abbreviations: hyprct, hypoproct; lep, left epandrial process; les, left epandrial suture; lsp, left subepandrial process; mdl, medially directed lobe; rsp, right subepandrial plate; sw, subepandrial wall. Black seta, right projection of hypandrium.