Ceratoculicoides sp. F 1

Fig. 12d

Diagnosis

Male

Currently unknown.

Female

Only species of Ceratoculicoides with the following combination of characters: femora and tibiae yellow, wing length ~ 1.2 mm; 2 major spermathecae, largest 56–66; medial margin of 9 th sternite deeply concave.

Material examined

COLOMBIA • 1 ♀; Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park, El Ramo; 10.8° N, 73.65° W; 15 Oct.–1 Nov. 2000; J. Cantillo leg.; CNCI • 1 ♀; Vichada, PNN Tuparro, Bosque Sabana; 5.35° N, 67.85° W; 29 Nov.–8 Dec. 2000; W. Villalba leg.; CNCI .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS (n = 2). Head width (n = 1) 286; flagellomeres 29–33, 17–22, 23–24, 24–25, 26–29, 27–33, 30–33, 33, 45–50, 44–46, 49–51, 41–55, 64–69; AR 1.11–1.12; FR (n = 1) 1.62; wing length 1157–1200; wing width 414–444; costal ratio 0.56–0.57; spermathecal length 56–66; spermathecal width 56–57; spermathecal neck 17–18; spermatheca/neck ratio 0.3–0.32.

THORAX. Legs with femora and tibiae yellow.

GENITALIA (Fig. 12d). 9 th sternite anterior branch subacute, apices rounded, widely separated; posterior branch base directed anteriorly, apical half curving posteromedially, tip subacute. 2 major spermathecae.

Distribution

Magdalena, Vichada (Colombia) (Fig. 13).

Remarks

This provisional species may be conspecific with C.virginianus, as there are no morphological characters which separate them in the female stage. I have refrained from assigning these specimens to that species until the male life stage for the Colombian material is collected. This species can be differentiated from all other species besides C.virginianus by the spermathecal length being <70 μm and concave medial margin of the 9 th sternite having the posterior branch straight basally, tapering and curving only in its distal portion (Fig. 12d).