Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael

Marques, Dayse W. A., Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Rafael, José A., 2019, Revision of the genus Amazunculus Rafael (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 4577 (3), pp. 439-472 : 454-456

Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael

Figs 93–107

Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael, 2008: 520 , figs 7–9; Rodriguez & Rafael, 2012: 15; Marques & Rafael, 2018.

Redescription. Antenna ( Fig. 95 ). Postpedicel yellow with rounded apex. Thorax ( Figs 93–94 ). Mesopleuron somewhat yellow, entirely grey pruinose; laterotergite grey pruinose. Mediotergite grey pruinose. Legs ( Fig. 93 ) yellow; fore and mid femora and all tibiae with dense grey pruinescence on posterior face. Wing ( Fig. 96 ). Length 8.2 m. LW/MWW = 3.8. LTC/LFC = 1.2. Membrane hyaline. Abdomen ( Fig. 94 ). Brown, all tergites with bands of grey pruinescence posterolaterally. Tergites 6, 7 and sternites 6 and 7 as in Fig. 98 . Terminalia. Syntergosternite

8 without membranous area ( Fig. 99 ). Epandrium yellowish brown and slightly inflated ( Fig. 100 ). Surstyli ( Fig. 100 ) yellowish brown, subsymmetrical; not fused with epandrium and not elongated ventrally, with somewhat rounded apex in lateral view ( Figs 101–102 ). Subepandrial sclerite with a distinct medial lobe ( Fig. 103 ). Phallic guide ( Figs 104–106 ) short and with sinuous margins in ventral view ( Fig. 105 ), about 0.6× the hypandrium length. Hypandrium with two small lobes near base of phallic guide ( Fig. 104 ). Basal processes of phallus short and rounded, not reaching the margin of hypandrium. Phallus with apex well sclerotized, upward directed ( Fig. 106 ). Ejaculatory apodeme as in Fig. 107 .

Female. Unknown.

Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂: “ BRASIL: Amazonas [Manaus], Reserva Ducke, [2°55'48.7"S, 59°58'30.6"W], 1.x.1981, J.A. Rafael ” “Holótipo ♂, Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael ” “ DIPT. 520 Hol.[ótipo]” ( INPA) ( Fig. 97 ).

Holotype condition. Right wing broken in the basal third; left wing with apex danified; right hind leg lost. Terminalia placed in a microvial with glycerin.

Geographical distribution. This species is known only from the type locality, Amazonas, Brazil ( Fig. 183 ).

Habitat. This species was collected in a reserve located close to Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil), that is covered by typical dryland evergreen tropical forest.

Figures

FIGURES 183. Distribution of Amazunculus species. 183, A. claripennis Rafael & Rosa, A. duckei Galinkin & Rafael, A. francyae sp. nov., A. manauara sp. nov., A. panamensis sp. nov., A. platypodus (Hardy) and A. psilalarius sp. nov.

FIGURES 93–97. Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael. Holotype male. 93, Habitus, left lateral view; 94, Habitus, dorsal view; 95, Antenna; 96, Wing; 97, Holotype labels.

FIGURES 98–107. Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael. Holotype male. 98, Tergites 6, 7 and sternites 6, 7, ventral view; 99, Syntergosternite 8, posterior view; 100, Epandrium and surstyli, dorsal view; 101, Left surstylus, lateral view; 102, Right surstylus, lateral view; 103, Epandrium, surstyli and subepandrial sclerite, lateral view; 104, Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, ventral view; 105, Phallic guide, dorsal view; 106, Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 107, Ejaculatory apodeme.