Chonocephalus alzadae, Disney, 2008

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1772 (1), pp. 1-54 : 4

Chonocephalus alzadae sp. nov.

( Figs 2–5 )

The name refers to the late Alzada Kistner who, with her husband David, collected the type series. Her book (1998) about the hazards and rewards of entomological field work in the tropics is highly recommended.

Male. Postpedicels longer than greatest breadth. Ventral face of left side of hypandrium as Fig. 2 . Left gonopod as Fig. 5 . Tip of right gonopod as Fig. 3 . The left hypandrial lobe long and the right is shorter and two branched ( Fig. 4 ). Wing 1.0– 1.1 mm long. Costal index 0.53–0.54. Vein 3 with a terminal vesicle which extends beyond tip of costa. All tibiae are brown.

Material. Holotype male, Brazil, Rondônia, Fazenda Rancho Grande, nr Cacaulandia , 28 December 1995, D. H. & A. C. Kistner ( CUMZ, 31-4) . Paratypes, 3 males as holotype (except one in Kistner Collection).

Figures

FIGURES 2–5. Chonocephalus alzadae male, details of male hypopygium: (2) ventral view of left side of epandrium; (3) inner face of right gonopod (viewed from left side); (4) left gonopod, left and right (forked) lobes of hypandrium; (5) left gonopod. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.