Allocyphotes insolita (Goding, 1926) Gonzalez-Mozo & Ware, 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259538 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE772D-FFDD-FF88-FF36-186AFEC2FF59 |
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Plazi |
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Allocyphotes insolita (Goding, 1926) |
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comb. nov. |
Allocyphotes insolita (Goding, 1926) , comb. nov.
( Figures. 4 View FIGURE 4 ; 14A,B View FIGURE 14 ; 15A,B View FIGURE 15 ; 16A,B View FIGURE 16 ; 17A View FIGURE 17 ; 18A View FIGURE 18 ; 19A View FIGURE 19 ; 20A–D View FIGURE 20 ; 23 View FIGURE 23 ; 24 View FIGURE 24 )
Cyphotes insolita Goding 1926:106–107 View in CoL [new species, type loc: Tena, Ecuador]; Metcalf & Wade, 1965 a: 616 [Catalogued]; McKamey, 1998: 469 [Catalogued].
Diagnosis. Length 7 mm; humeral angles trilobate ( Fig. 16A View FIGURE 16 ha); pronotum, preapical part of posterior pronotal process with two distinctive cone-shaped swellings ( Fig.15A View FIGURE 15 ); female second valvulae with one tooth on dorsal surface ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ).
Description. (Modified from Goding, 1926). Color. Pronotum light brown with a broad brown stripe extending from the apex of head to the posterior swellings, humeral angles, vertex and frontoclypeus dark brown. Male dark brown stripe markedly wider than female extending dorsolaterally, light brown coloration restricted to a small area in the sides of pronotum ( Figs. 15B View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ; 23 View FIGURE 23 ; 24 View FIGURE 24 ). Sculpture. Pubescent with yellow setae over the pronotum, pronotum punctured, finely tuberculate on metopidium, with irregular raised lines on each side of carina media. Head. In anterior view, frontoclypeus extended about 0.5 mm beyond margin of suprantennal ledges apex acute ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, metopidium tuberculate, a small peak raises above humeral angles, preapical area of pronotum conical, apical part of posterior process with an elevated transversal line of knots ending gradually in an acute apex ( Fig. 15A View FIGURE 15 ). In dorsal view, humeral angles extended laterally in an auricular process ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ). Forewings. Hyalin, without macula on apical cells, s crossvein at same point of r-m ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ). Abdomen. Male. Subgenital plate, view dorsal margin truncate ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ); lateral plate, dorsal margin rounded ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 ), aedeagus with corona markedly concave, margin lateral and dorsal with denticulli ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); style sigmoidal, superior margin notably pointed, in posterior view distal area of style curved laterally ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ). Female. First valvulae. Ventral interlocking device convex, without preapical prominence in dorsal or ventral margin ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ). Second valvulae blade-shaped with one tooth on dorsal surface ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ).
Measurements. male/female (mm). Total length 5.63/6.28; head width 1.88/1.65; head length 1.34/1.45; pronotum length 4.73/5.38; distance between apices of humeral angles 3.04/3.76.
Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Material examined. BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 3.7 Km SSE Buena Vista, hotel Flora & Fauna , 430 m. 14– 19X-2000. Coll M. C. Thomas Tropical Transition Forest ( FSCA: 1 female) || BRAZIL, Rondonia, 62 km SW Ariquemea, nr Fzda. Rancho Grande , 5–17-X-1993, JE Eger & LB & CW O’Brien. ( USNM: 1 female); 1 male , || Santa Catarina. [no other data. ( CAS: 1 female), || ECUADOR, Orellana, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S, Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent , 216.3m, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, 3-X-1996, Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1730, #1722 T.L. Erwin, ( USNM: 1 female; 1 male) || GoogleMaps PERU, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata, Res. 30km (air) SW, Pto. Maldonado , 290M, 12°50’S, 069°17’W, [no date given], Smithsonian Institution Canopy Fogging Project, T.L. Erwin et al. ( USNM: 3 females) || GoogleMaps Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata , Res. 30km (air) SW, Pto. Maldonado , 290M, 12°50’S, 069°17’W, Smithsonian Institution Canopy Fogging Project, T.L. Erwin et al. colls 10-IX-1984, 02/02/067, ( USNM: 1 female) || GoogleMaps VENEZUELA, Territorio, Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina , base camp. 140 m. alt. 19-FEB-1984. Rozen & Stupakoff ( AMNH: 1 female).
Comments. Male genitalia of A. insolita is similar to A. waoraniorum but differ in the dentition of the aedeagal corona, which is present in A. insolita , the dorsal margin of style, which is pointed in A. waoraniorum sp. nov., and pronotal morphology, which is strongly reticulate in A. waoraniorum . Allocyphotes insolita shows a marked sexual dimorphism ( Figs. 14B View FIGURE 14 ; 15B View FIGURE 15 ; 16B View FIGURE 16 ; 23 View FIGURE 23 ; 24 View FIGURE 24 ), with male color pattern and size differing from females: males are darker, and females are approximately 0.8 mm longer than males. This species is newly recorded from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ). Specimens were collected in lowlands between 130–430 meters altitude. Specimens of A. insolita have been found on Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae ) and Trema micrantha ( Cannabaceae ), although breeding host plants have not yet been determined. Field observations of species in the Cyphotes -group are scarce, here we present two photos of live A. insolita ; the first made by Chris Dietrich in Coca (Puerto Francisco de Orellana), Napo, Ecuador ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 ) and the second by Kelly Swing at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Orellana, Ecuador ( Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 ).
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USA, Florida, Gainesville, Division of Plant Industry, Florida State Collection of Arthropods |
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USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum] |
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USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences |
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USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History |
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Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology |
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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California Academy of Sciences |
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American Museum of Natural History |
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Allocyphotes insolita (Goding, 1926)
| Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L. 2023 |
Cyphotes insolita
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