Dexosarcophaga napo, Santos & Pape & Mello-Patiu, 2022

Santos, Josenilson Rodrigues dos, Pape, Thomas & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de, 2022, Eight new species of Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 1917 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from the Neotropical Region, European Journal of Taxonomy 828, pp. 109-137 : 129-131

Dexosarcophaga napo sp. nov.

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Figs 8E–F, 11

Diagnosis

Vein R1 setulose. Male: scutellum without apical setae; pregonite with distal part curved and with a spine-like projection ( Fig. 11D); vesica stick-like in lateral view, extremities enlarged in ventral view ( Fig. 11D–E); juxta mostly membranous and almost squared ( Figs 8F, 11D). [Female unknown.]

Etymology

The species epithet ‘ napo ’ should be treated as a noun in apposition. The name refers to the province (named after the Río Napo) of the type locality of the new species.

Material examined

Holotype

ECUADOR • ♂; Napo Province, Yasuní National Park, Yasuní Research Station ; 00º38′ S, 76º36′ W; Nov. 1998; T. Pape and B. Viklund leg.; NHRS [lost].

Paratypes

ECUADOR • 4 ♂♂: same collection data as for holotype; NHRS [lost] .

Description

Male (n=5)

Length: 5–7 mm. Differs from D. phoenix sp. nov. as follows: Frons about 0.28 × head width at level of ocellar triangle; 5–8 well-developed frontal setae reaching level of apex of pedicel; gena and genal groove with slightly yellowish-silver pollinosity ( Fig. 8E); first flagellomere approximately 4× as long as pedicel; thorax with slightly yellowish-silver pollinosity ( Fig. 8E); acrostichals 3 (weakly differentiated) +1; dorsocentrals 3 (anteriormost shorter) + 3 (well differentiated); intra-alars 2 +2; meral setae 5–7; vein R 1 setulose; third costal sector setulose ventrally; abdomen dark brown, with slightly yellowish-silver pollinosity ( Fig. 8E–F); T4 with 1–2 pairs of lateral marginal setae; row of about 10 marginal setae on T5; short incision along inner margin of ST5 and arms with pad-shaped protrusion ( Fig. 11A); cercal prongs convergent in posterior view and truncated in lateral view ( Fig. 11B–C); pregonite as long as postgonite, apical half curved and with spine-like projection ( Fig. 11D); ventral margin of basiphallus with projection ( Fig. 11D); vesica stick-like in lateral view and apically enlarged in ventral view ( Fig. 11D–E); juxta mostly membranous and almost squared ( Fig. 11 D-E); median stylus tube-like with developed projection, shorter than lateral stylus, and with narrow apex ( Fig. 11D–E); lateral stylus tube-like, with base twisted towards ventral margin of paraphallus ( Fig. 11D–E).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Ecuador ( Napo).

Remarks

Dexosarcophaga napo sp. nov. is morphologically similar to Dexosarcophaga inaequalis Lopes, 1975 . Males of both species have a stick-like vesica in lateral view ( Fig. 11D; Silva & Mello-Patiu 2010: figs 53–54) and paraphallus with a projected lobe ventrally ( Fig. 11D; Silva & Mello-Patiu 2010: figs 53–54). These two species can be differentiated by the following features: basiphallus with a conspicuous projection at ventral margin ( Fig. 11D), projected lobe of paraphallus pointing distally in lateral view ( Fig. 11D), and median stylus with a developed projection ( Fig. 11D–E) in Dexosarcophaga napo sp. nov., versus basiphallus without a conspicuous projection at ventral margin (Silva & MelloPatiu 2010: fig. 53), projected lobe of paraphallus pointing ventrally in lateral view (Silva & MelloPatiu 2010: figs 53–54), and median stylus without a developed projection (Silva & Mello-Patiu 2010: figs 54–55) in Dexosarcophaga inaequalis .