Coniceromyia vespertilio Schmitz

Ament, Danilo César & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of three new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4086 (1) : 60-61

Coniceromyia vespertilio Schmitz

( Figs. 190, 243, 317, 332– 334)

Coniceromyia vespertilio Schmitz, 1927: 78 . Refs.: Schmitz 1929: 126, figs. 30–31; Borgmeier 1950: 286, textfigs. 6, 8. Holotype ♂, original label states: “ Brasilia ” (NMW).

Diagnosis (male). Wing apical third maculated; wing margin invaginated at end of M 2 and CuA 1.

Material examined. 1 ♂, BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo (Muri): Pousada Amantes da Natureza, 22 º 24 ’ 41 ’’S, 42 º 31 ’ 13 ’’W, 20–23.ix. 2015, Malaise, Ament, Amorim & Brown col. (MZSP).

Geographical distribution. Southeastern Brazil.

Comments. The hypopygium of Coniceromyia vespertilio has no conspicuous differences in relation to that of C. epicantha and C. franciscana . The affinities of C. vespertilio are discussed under C. epicantha comments. The holotype of C. vespertilio has three labels ( Fig. 333). The material was collected much before Schmitz's description and belonged to the Winthem collection, purchased by the Wien Naturhistorisches Museum in 1880 (see, e.g., Pont 1986). Different collections were bought by Winthem, including material from Wiedemann, and it is not even possible to know who was the collector and the precise type locality. The only geographical indication in the original label is “ Brasilia ”, which should be considered equivalent to “ Brazil ”, since the city of Brasilia did not exist at that time. The collection of a second specimen of the species is very fortunate in the sense of giving an indication of its actual distribution.