Oxysarcodexia peculiaris Lopes, 1975

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Oxysarcodexia peculiaris Lopes, 1975

( Figs 216–218 )

Oxysarcodexia peculiaris Lopes, 1975c: 477 ; Brazil, Espírito Santo Linhares. Holotype male and one male paratype in MNRJ.

Diagnosis. Male. Length 8.0–11.0 mm. Postocular plate with golden pollinosity. Ocellar bristles well developed. Thorax with pale golden pollinosity. Two well-differentiated posterior and 2 smaller anterior post-sutural dorsocentrals. Apical scutellar bristles present. Legs blackish. Abdomen with silvery pollinosity, although some shades of pale golden pollinosity is seen especially on T4 and T5, the latter partly with golden pollinosity. T3 with 2 pairs of lateral marginal bristles, T4 with 1 pair of median marginal and 3 pairs of lateral marginal bristles. ST5 with deep median cleft with parallel margins and with bristles at apex of arms. Cercus sinuous in lateral view, with expanded obliquely cut apex. Cercus with bristles ventrally only in distal third. Cerci with distal third narrower than middle part in posterior view; diverging, with converging apices. Pregonite with expanded base, gradually narrowing to apex; unicolorous. Postgonite with expanded base and sudden narrowing at apex; unicolorous. Distiphallus with smooth ventroapical margin, ventroapical projections, conical apex, sinuous dorsal outline, notable lateroapical dilation and medial membranous dilations. Vesica symmetrical, with rounded median projection of main branch; distal lobes well developed, rounded, sclerotized and with spines only on ventral surface.

Remarks. See remarks under O. jamesi . Female unknown.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).

Biology. The male paratype was reared from human feces ( Lopes 1975c).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂: Linhares, E. Santo, Brasil / P. C. Elias VI-72 / Holotype / Oxysarcodexia peculiaris ♂ n.sp. Det. H. S. Lopes / MNRJ/2249 [typed vertically on left side of label] [ MNRJ] .

Figures

FIGURES 210–218. Oxysarcodexia spp., males. 210–212. Oxysarcodexia parva Lopes (Brazil, São Paulo, Campinas, LIE). 210. Habitus, lateral view.211. Terminalia, lateral view. 212. Terminalia, posterior view.213–215. Oxysarcodexia paulistanensis (Mattos) (Brazil, São Paulo, Campinas, LIE). 213. Habitus, lateral view. 214. Terminalia, lateral view. 215. Terminalia, posterior view. 216–218. Oxysarcodexia peculiaris Lopes, holotype (Brazil, Espírito Santo, Linhares, MNRJ). 216. Habitus, lateral view. 217. Terminalia, lateral view. 218. Terminalia, posterior view.