Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) vesca, Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2002

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2002, A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae), Zootaxa 46, pp. 1-16 : 10-11

Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) vesca sp.n.

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Etymology. Form Latin, weak, thin, little.

Material examined. Holotype, male. Three­dimensional specimen mounted in slide, in Canada Balsam. Brasil, São Paulo, Parque Estadual Intervales. 30 / x / 2000. At light. G. C. Ribeiro. MZUSP.

Color (based in the specimen when still in alcohol). Head, thorax and terminalia pale yellow; abdomen light brown. Head ( Figs. 20­21 ). Rostrum length, 4.28mm; antenna length, 1.28 mm; maxillary palpus length, 0.20 mm; third segment of palpus 2.45 times longer than fourth; head capsule length, 0.68 mm. Thorax ( Fig. 22 ). Thorax length / height, 1.76 / 1.44 mm; tibial spurs lacking. Wing ( Fig. 23 ). Wing length / width, 6.20 / 1.50 mm; cross­vein sc­r before mid point between tip of R1 and origin of RS; discal cell ca. 2.4 times longer than wide; vein A1 ca. 1.6 times longer than A2. Abdomen. Abdomen length, 3.84 mm. Male terminalia ( Figs. 24­25 ). Gonocoxite length / maximum width, 0.40 / 0.17 mm; gonocoxite enlarged near midlength by a medial protuberance, with longest hairs at lateral and apical borders; gonostylus terminal; inner gonostylus length, 0.22 mm; inner gonostylus broad­based, curved at tip; outer gonostylus length, 0.20 mm; aedeagus long and narrow.

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FIGURE 24. Elephantomyia vesca sp. n. Holotype, male. Terminalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed, aedeagus; goncx, gonocoxite; goncx apod, gonocoxite apodeme; i gonst, inner gonostylus; interb, interbase; o gonst, outer gonostylus; pm, paramare.

FIGURE 25. Elephantomyia vesca sp. n. Holotype, male. Terminalia, ventral view. Abbreviations: goncx, gonocoxite; s 9, sternite 9.

FIGURES 20 ­ 23. Elephantomyia vesca sp. n. Holotype, male. 20. Antenna. 21. Maxillary palpi. 22. Thorax, lateral view. 23. Wing. Abbreviations: clyp, clypeus; lbl, labellum; ped, pedicel; scp, scape.