Apocephalus marinhoi, Brown, Brian V., 2014

Brown, Brian V., 2014, Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 551-570 : 564

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6033EEF1-FB14-4173-AD89-12D8DCDBCF7E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6130841

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F03F4E-F536-0E01-60F6-FD26FAE6FA40

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Plazi

scientific name

Apocephalus marinhoi
status

sp. nov.

Apocephalus marinhoi View in CoL new species

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Diagnosis. This species has a distinct median gap between medioventral setae of segment 6, and a strongly downturned ventral apex of the oviscape; dorsally the oviscape appears truncate.

Description. Body length 1.1–1.5mm. Frons light brown, 0.48–0.53 head width. Flagellomere 1 round, light brown. Pleuron whitish yellow. Costa 0.53–0.59 wing length. Halter light brown. Abdominal tergites light brown, normal sized. Tergite 6 yellowish-brown, about as broad as tergite 5, entire, apical margin straight, with small medial lateral setae and two pairs of larger posterior setae. Venter of abdomen yellowish brown, dark grey near tergites, venter of segments 3–5 with scattered thin setae, longer on segment 5, venter of intersegment 6–7 membranous, setae absent. Venter of segment 6 lacking sclerite, with smaller posterior setae and row of four large setae in lateral pairs separated by medial gap. Oviscape elongate oval, anterior process short and narrow, with one dorsolateral and one ventrolateral setae. Dorsum of oviscape bare, with apex broadly truncate dorsally, ventrally pointed, strongly curved downward, with few small apical setae. Venter of oviscape with several lateral and two ventrolateral thin setae. Intersegment 7–8 without sclerotization. Anterior arms of stylet anteriorly parallel, well separated, stylet downturned at midlength.

Distribution. Central America to western Ecuador.

Derivation of specific epithet. Named for Brazilian dipterist Marco Marinho.

Holotype. ♀, PANAMA: San Blas: Nusagandi Reserve, 9.33°N, 79°W, 400m, 26.ii–5.iii.1994, J.Pickering, Malaise trap #2066 (MIUP) [LACM ENT 056003].

Paratypes. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Santa Rosa National Park, 10.95°N, 85.62°W, 300m, 1♀, 27.ix–18.x.1986, I.Gauld,D.Janzen, Malaise trap BH-12-C (LACM). ECUADOR: Los Rios: Rio Palenque Science Center,.6°S, 79.35°W, 180m, 1♀, 29.iv–5.v.1987, B.Brown, L.Coote, Malaise trap (LACM).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Apocephalus

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