Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia) armata Barretto, 1954

Bravo, Freddy, Araújo, Maíra X. & Uefs, Santana -, 2013, Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov.) plumata sp. nov. from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 329-338 : 331-332

Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia) armata Barretto, 1954

Trichomyia armata Barretto, 1954: 127–129 , Figs 1–12 (original description); BRAVO (2001c): Fig. 3 .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J ( MZFS), labelled:‘[ BRAZIL] SÃO PAULO,SP / Horto Florestal / Cantareira / Barretto & Coutinho / col. 04.XI.1940 [white label, printed] ’; PARATYPES: 10 JJ 1 ♀ ( MZFS), same locality, data and collector as holotype ; 7 JJ 1 ♀ ( MZFS), labelled: ‘ Mogi das Cruzes, SP / Km 67, Estrada / Rio-São Paulo / Barretto & Coutinho / col. 01.XII.1940 [white label, printed] ’.

Additional material examined. 1♀ ( MZFS), labelled:‘ BRASIL, PR, Guarapuava / Aguas de Santa Clara / Malaise trap / 01.IX.1986 / PROFAUPAR [white label, printed] // Trichomyia armata / Barretto, 1954 / Freddy Bravo det. - 94 [white label, printed] ’; 1 J ( MZFS), labelled: ‘ BRASIL, PR, Jundiaí do Sul / Fazenda Monte Verde / Malaise trap / 08.XII.1986 / PROFAUPAR [white label, printed] // Trichomyia armata / Barretto, 1954 / Freddy Bravo det. - 94 [white label, printed] ’; 1 ♀ ( MZFS), labelled: ‘ BRASIL, PR, Jundiaí do Sul / Fazenda Monte Verde / Malaise trap / 15.XII.1986 / PROFAUPAR [white label, printed] // Trichomyia armata / Barretto, 1954 / Det. Freddy Bravo, 1995 PROFAUPAR [white label, printed] ’.

Diagnosis. Male. Palpus with sensilla in depressed pits on segments 1 and 2; segment 4 of palpus 1.3 times the length of third segment; radial fork apical to medial fork; CuA 2 ending after medial fork; posterior arm of gonocoxite subtriangular in dorsal view, ending in pointed apex, with simple bristles on apical half; gonostylus absent; presence of small ventral tubercle on gonocoxite, with pair of apical bristles; cercus trapezoidal in ventral view with distal margin 0.8 times the length of ventral margin; cercus long and subrectangular in ventral view; ejaculatory apodeme short, 0.4 times the length of gonocoxal arm. Female similar to male, cercus short, 3.0 times the length of lobe on sternite 8, and wide, 1.2 times its length.

Distribution. Brazil, states of São Paulo and Paraná.

Figures

Figs 1–7. Trichomyia inermis Barretto, 1954, male. 1 – palpus; 2 – scape, pedicel and basal flagellomeres; 3 – right wing; 4 – male terminalia, lateral view; 5 – cercus, epandrium, hypoproct; 6 – bristle of arm of gonocoxite; 7 – male terminalia, dorsal view.

Figs 8–12. Trichomyia plumata sp. nov. 8 – scape, pedicel and basal flagellomere; 9 – palpus; 10 – left wing; 11 – cercus, epandrium, hypoproct; 12 – male terminalia, dorsal view.