Trichomyia puntarenas Araújo & Bravo, 2016

Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), Zootaxa 4130 (1), pp. 1-76 : 21-22

Trichomyia puntarenas Araújo & Bravo sp. nov.

( Figs. 6 A –F )

Diagnosis. Gonostylus slightly bifurcate apically, sclerotized; m-cu present; two pairs of curved apically truncate projections in the aedeagal complex; ejaculatory apodeme the same length as gonostylus.

Description. Male. Head subcircular in frontal view. Antenna with 13 flagellomeres; scape subcylindrical and pedicel subspherical; flagellomeres pyriform and eccentric; ascoids 1.3 times the length of flagellomere ( Fig. 6 A ); 13 th flagellomere subcylindrical with terminal apiculus separated by a suture ( Fig. 6 C ). Palpus formula 1.0: 0.5: 0.7 ( Fig. 6 B ). Wing. R 4 + 5 with base unsclerotized, r-m unsclerotized and m-cu present ( Fig. 6 D ). Male terminalia: Hypandrium and gonocoxites fused, with medial posterior expansion. Arm of gonocoxite pilose with bristles along the medial margin. Gonostylus projected diagonally toward the apex, with slowly bifurcated apex. One pair of curved projections in the aedeagal complex truncated apically. Aedeagus simple ending near the base of the projections in the aedeagal complex. Ejaculatory apodeme the same length as gonostylus ( Fig. 6 F ). Epandrium pilose, apically wider than basally. Cercus pilose, subtriangular. Hypoproct with apical micropilosity ( Fig. 6 E ).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Costa Rica, Puntarenas , Monteverde, Est. Biol. Monteverde, 28. IV –01.V. 97, holotype ♂, L.W. Quate ( MZFS).

Etymology. The epithet puntarenas is based on the type locality

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Figures

FIGURES 6 A – F. Trichomyia puntarenas sp. nov. A. Scape, pedicel and basal flagellomeres; B. Palpus; C. Last flagellomere; D. Right wing; E. Cerci, epandrium and hypropoct; F. Male terminalia, dorsal.