Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006

Barros, Luana Machado, Soares, Matheus Mickael Mota, Freitas-Silva, Rafael Augusto Pinheiro De & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2019, Neotropical Chvalaea Papp & Földvári (Diptera: Hybotidae: Ocydromiinae): new records, an illustrated key to species and description of three new species, Zootaxa 4571 (3), pp. 347-362 : 357

Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006

( Figs 1 , 3 , 5, 7 , 43 , 51 , 53 )

Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006: 28 , figs 34–36, 41. Type locality: Fazenda Esteio, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Diagnosis. As in Ale-Rocha (2006), plus veins M 1 and M 4 not reaching the wing margin ( Fig. 51 ). Hind femur strongly clavate. Fore and mid tarsomeres 3–4 and hind tarsomeres 3–5 ventrally with short, blunt, black spine-like setae ( Fig. 1 ).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀, labelled: BRASIL, Amazonas , Manaus, F [azenda] Esteio, BR - 174, km 41, ZF3 / 24–27.viii.1993, F.F. Xavier (INPA).

Additional material examined. Brazil. Amazonas: Manaus, AM-010, Km-54, BI-2, Susp [ensa] baixa mata, 02°45′33″S, 59°51′03″W, 22.v.–2.vi.1997, J. Vidal (1 ♀, INPA).

Geographical distribution. This species is known from Brazil (Amazonas) ( Fig. 53 ).

Figures

FIGURE 53. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. Geographical distribution of the Neotropical species.

FIGURES 1–2. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. Fore tarsus. 1. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, blunt, black spine-like ventral setae highlighted; 2. Chvalaea amazonica Ale-Rocha, 2006, absence of black spine-like ventral setae highlighted. Scale bars: Fig. 1 = 0.5 mm; Fig. 2 = 0.3 mm.

FIGURES 3–4. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. Scutum, dorsal view. 3. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006, median stripe and spot on notopleuron highlighted; 4. Chvalaea catarinensis Ale-Rocha, 2006. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 5–8. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. 5–6. Mediotergite. 5. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006, large central black mark highlighted; 6: Chvalaea annularis sp. nov. 7–8. Hind femur. 7. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006; 8. Chvalaea annularis sp. nov., black medium ring highlighted. Scale bars: Figs 5–6 = 0.2 mm; Figs 7–8 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 43–44. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. Habitus. 43. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006, holotype ♀; 44. Chvalaea sinclairi sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 45–52. Chvalaea Papp & Földvári. Wings. 45. Chvalaea amazonica Ale-Rocha, 2006, holotype ♀; 46. Chvalaea annularis sp. nov., holotype ♂; 47. Chvalaea boliviana Ale-Rocha, 2006, paratype ♀; 48. Chvalaea catarinensis Ale-Rocha, 2006, paratype ♂; 49. Chvalaea ecuadoriensis sp. nov., paratype ♂; 50. Chvalaea masneri Ale-Rocha, 2006, paratype ♀; 51. Chvalaea pulchra Ale-Rocha, 2006, holotype ♀; 52. Chvalaea sinclairi sp. nov., holotype ♂. Abbreviations: bm = basal medial cell; br = basal radial cell; cua = anterior cubital cell; CuA+CuP = anterior branch of cubital vein + posterior branch of cubital vein; dm = discal medial cell; M 1 = first branch of media; M 4 = fourth branch of media; R 1 = anterior branch of radius; R 2+3 = second branch of radius; R 4+5 = third branch of radius. Scale bars = 1 mm.