Eudicrana Loew

Amorim, Dalton De Souza & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2013, Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London, Zootaxa 3726 (1), pp. 1-119 : 11-13

Eudicrana Loew

Eudicrana Loew 1869: 142 . Type-species, E. ombumbrata Loew (mon.).

E. basinerva Freeman 1951: 49 , figs. 99 (♂ terminalia), 302 (wing). Type-locality: Chile, Llanquihue , Casa Pangue. Holotype ♂, NHM.

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Notes. The type series included the male holotype, five male and two female paratypes, of which the holotype, four male and two female paratypes are at the NHM. The labels with the holotype are: “ Eudicrana / basinerva [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to an acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Casa Pangue / 4–10.xii.1926.” // “S. Chile / Llanquihue prov. / F. & M. Edwards / B.M. 1927–63.” // “BMNH(E) # / 253792”. The entire abdomen of the holotype has been removed. Of the six paratypes ( BMNH (E) #253793-8), one has a wing removed and mounted on a separate microslide preparation attached to the pin. Another wing has been mounted on a separate slide in the NHM Diptera slide collection .

E. claripennis Edwards 1931: 258 . Type-locality: Peru, Lima, Verrugas. Holotype ♀, NHM.

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Notes. The type series included only the female holotype. The labels with the holotype are: [the female terminalia dissected and mounted on a pinned acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Verrugas / Lima Peru [pr].28[hw] / R.C. Shannon” // “B.M. 1929-185” [hw] // “ Eudicrana / claripennis Edw [hw] /F.W. Edwards / det. 1930 [pr]” // “ HOLOTYPE [pr] / Eudicrana / claripennis [hw] / Edwards / det. J.E. Chainey 1995 [pr]”// “BMNH(E) # / 253804”. The holotype had the abdomen removed from the thorax; the terminalia has been dissected and mounted over a plastic stripe with the type, the rest of the abdomen glued to the triangular card with the rest of the specimen.

E. pallida Freeman 1951: 51 , fig. 101 (♂ terminalia). Type-locality: “ Chile ”. Holotype ♂, NHM.

Notes. The type series included only the male holotype. The labels with the holotype are: “ Eudicrana / pallida [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to an acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “ Clari ” [handwritten on a piece of light blue paper] // “BMNH(E) # / 253803”// Eudicrana / sp.n. [hw] / F.W. Edwards. / det. 1928.”. There is no indication of the locality with the pinned holotype and it appears as “ Chile ” in the original description. Only the terminalia are removed and mounted.

E. similis Freeman 1951: 50 , fig. 100 (♂ terminalia). Type-locality: Chile, Valparaiso, Marga-Marga. Holotype ♂, NHM.

Notes. The type series included the male holotype, two male and one female paratypes, and all designated types are at the NHM. The labels with the holotype are: “ Eudicrana / similis [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to a pinned acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “ Chile / Marga-Marga / ix.1929. / F. Jaffuel / B.M. 1929–480.” // “ Diff. fr. claripennis / lat. scapel seq. yellow , / 8 S yellow , lobus / much more pointed. ” // “BMNH(E) # / 253799”. The terminalia of the holotype is dissected and mounted on a plastic stripe. The three paratypes are at the NHM ( BMNH (E) # 253800-2), one of which has the terminalia dissected and mounted .

E. vittata Edwards 1931: 257 . Type-locality: Peru, Junín, Colonia, Perené. Ref.— Lane 1960: 383, fig. 8 (♂ terminalia). Holotype ♀, NHM.

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Notes. The type series included only the female holotype. The labels with the holotype are: “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Colonia, Perené / Junín, Peru / 16.7.1928 / R.C. Shannon [hw] // B.M. / 1929.185 // “ Eudicrana / vittata Edw. [hw] /F.W. Edwards / det. 1930 [pr]” // [abdomen in a pinned microvial]” // “ HOLOTYPE [pr] / Eudicrana / vittata [hw] / Edwards / det. J.E. Chainey 1995 [pr]”// “BMNH(E) # / 253805”. The holotype has the entire abdomen removed from the thorax, now in a microvial, pinned together with the rest of the type; both wings, as well as one foreleg, one midleg, and one hindleg are present.

Figures

FIGURES 21–30. Mycetophilidae habitus. 21. Eudicrana basinerva Freeman, paratype ♂. 22. Eudicrana claripennis Edwards, holotype ♀. 23. Eudicrana vittata Edwards, holotype ♀. 24. Leptomorphus fasciculatus Edwards, paratype ♂. 25. Leptomorphus neivai Edwards, paralectotype ♂. 26. Megalopelma cellularis Edwards, lectotype ♀. 27. Megalopelma fraudulenta (Williston), lectotype ♂. 28. Megalopelma platyura Edwards, lectotype ♂. 29. Monoclona digitata Edwards, lectotype ♂. 30. Monoclona maculata Edwards, holotype ♂.