Oxysarcodexia pallisteri Dodge, 1966

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Oxysarcodexia pallisteri Dodge, 1966

( Figs 207–209 )

Oxysarcodexia pallisteri Dodge, 1966: 686 ; Peru, Machu Picchu , Pueblo Cusa. Holotype male in AMNH (examined from photographs).

Diagnosis. [Based on the original description ( Dodge 1966), on the diagnosis provided by Lopes (1975c), and on photographs provided by Dr. David Grimaldi (AMNH).] Male. Length 8.0 mm. Ocellar bristles weakly developed. Thorax with pale golden pollinosity. Two well-differentiated post-sutural dorsocentral bristles. Apical scutellar bristles present, although small. Legs blackish. Abdomen with golden pollinosity. ST5 with deep median cleft with margins almost parallel and with scattered pilosity. Cercus straight in lateral view, with pointed obliquely cut apex. Cerci with diverging tips in posterior view. Pregonite and postgonite both with expanded base, gradually narrowing to apex; unicolorous. Distiphallus with smooth ventroapical margin, ventroapical projections, conical apex and straight dorsal outline. Vesica with distal lobes well developed, rounded and with spines on both dorsal and ventral surfaces.

Remarks. See under O. ariozanoi sp. n. Female unknown.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL. Peru.

Biology. Unknown.

Type material examined. No specimens were examined directly, but photographs of the holotype were provided by courtesy of Dr. David Grimaldi ( AMNH) .

Figures

FIGURES 201–209. Oxysarcodexia spp., males. 201–203. Oxysarcodexia occulta Lopes (Brazil, São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu, LIE). 201. Habitus, lateral view. 202. Terminalia, lateral view. 203. Terminalia, posterior view. 204–206. Oxysarcodexia orbitalis Dodge, holotype (Martinique, Mont Pélé, USNM). 204. Habitus, lateral view. 205. Terminalia, lateral view. 206. Terminalia, posterior view. 207–209. Oxysarcodexia pallisteri Dodge, holotype (Peru, Machu Picchu, Pueblo Cusa, AMNH). 207. Habitus, lateral view. 208. Phallic complex (flipped horizontally to facilitate comparisons). 209. Cercus and surstylus, lateral view (flipped horizontally to facilitate comparisons). Figs 204–206 by N.E. Woodley (USNM) and T. Dikow (USNM); Figs 207–208 by D. Grimaldi (AMNH); Fig. 209 adapted from Lopes (1975c).