Psychoda serraorobonensis Bravo, Cordeiro & Chagas

Cordeiro, Danilo, Bravo, Freddy & De, Claudio J. B., 2011, Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3101, pp. 1-37 : 15-16

Psychoda serraorobonensis Bravo, Cordeiro & Chagas

( Figs 32–33 )

Psychoda serraorobonensis Bravo, Cordeiro & Chagas, 2006: 10 . Type locality: Brazil (Bahia, Serra do Orobó).

Diagnosis. Eyes separated by 1.5–2.0 facet diameters; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical subequal, 11th, 12th and 13th fused, 14th flagellomere separated and spherical; ascoids in Y; median fork incomplete; female subgenital plate pilose on distal half and with lateral margins convex.

Additional characters. hair patch of frons extending to facet row 1, almost reaching hair patch of vertex; eyes separated by 1.5–2.0 facet diameters; 5–6 supra-ocular setae; interocular suture absent; clypeus with 2 or 3 stronger lateral alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; 11th, 12th and 13th flagellomeres fused (only 11th and 12th on original description), spines present on 11th and 13th; palpal formula 1:1.2 (1.1–1.3):1.1(1.1–1.3):1.4(1.3–1.5); labellum with 3 apical teeth, 1 subapical tooth and 2 lateral setae; distitarsus without apical projection ( Fig. 32 ); female subgenital plate pilose on distal half, internally with a micropilose structure goblet shaped and a pair of lateral sclerotized lines just lateral to the digit ( Fig. 33 ); genital chamber oval, with posterior apodeme.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Type material: holotype Ƥ BRAZIL, Bahia, Serra do Orobó, 29.xii.2004, col. F. Bravo (MZUEFS). Others specimens: 2 Ƥ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Pitinga, Grota (c), 29.vi.1991, 12cdc/m, no collector name, (1 Ƥ INPA, 1 Ƥ MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, área alterada, 17.xii.1997, 6 cdc - m, col. RF / FLS/LMC ( INPA); 1 Ƥ Bahia, Senhor do Bonfim, Serra de Santana, 28.viii.2006, col. R. Vieira & C. Chagas (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Bahia, Senhor do Bonfim, Serra de Santana, 29.viii.2006, col. R. Vieira & C. Chagas (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Bahia, Cachoeira, Faz. Villa Rial, 13–27.vi.2007, Malaise trap, col. E. Alvim & I. Castro (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ BRAZIL, Paraná, Antonina, Res. Sapitanduva , 02.iii.1987, Malaise trap, Profaupar 4.5 ( DZUP).

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia and Paraná).

Comments. This species is morphologically similar to species of the subgenus Psycha, mainly in the number of flagellomeres and the type of fusion of the last flagellomeres, but different from Psycha by the globular format of the apical flagellomere, which in all species of Psycha is drop shaped. This is the first record of this species to Amazonas and Paraná.

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 35. Psychoda serraorobonensis: 32. Distitarsus. 33. Subgenital plate, internal ornamentation. Psychoda zetoscota: 34. Distitarsus. 35. Subgenital plate, internal ornamentation. [Scale 0.06 mm].