Atrichobrunettia pennata Bravo

Bravo, Freddy, 2006, The taxonomy of Neotropical Brunettiina (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Mormiini), with descriptions of ten new species from Brazil and comments on the generic classification of the subtribe, Zootaxa 1134, pp. 1-28 : 24-25

Atrichobrunettia pennata Bravo , sp. nov. ( Figs. 41–44 )

Type material. BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Campus Universitário, holotype male, 07.I.1979, J.A. Rafael col. ( INPA).

Etymology. pennata Latin , refers to the format of the parameres.

Diagnosis. Radial fork situated at same level as medial fork; cercus with more than 20 tenacula; parameres wider than gonocoxite with truncated apex; aedeagal apodeme long, 1.5X length of gonocoxite, ending after gonocoxal apodeme.

Description. Male. Eyes separated by 3 facet diameters; interocular suture Y shaped; incomplete antenna; scape cylindrical, 3X length of pedicel ( Fig. 42 ); pedicel spherical ( Fig. 42 ); flagellomeres lost. Palpus incomplete. Wings with short Sc, indistinct, position indicated by sparse band of scars; radial fork situated at same level as medial fork ( Fig. 41 ). Male terminalia ( Figs. 43, 44 ): sternite 9 U­shaped; post­hypandrial plate 1/2 length of gonocoxite. Gonostyle and gonocoxite same length. Sternite 10 triangular with wide base. Tergite 10 triangular. Cercus with 25 apical tenacula with rounded tips. Parameres large and wide, well sclerotized. Distiphallus with long shafts. Aedeagal apodeme wide, ending after posterior margin of gonocoxal bridge.

Distribution. Brazil, Amazonas (Manaus).

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 44. Atrichobrnettia minuta Bravo, sp. nov. 39. Male terminalia, dorsal. 40. Male terminalia, lateral. Atrichobrunettia pennata Bravo, sp. nov. 41. Wing. 42. Base of antenna, scape and pedicel. 43. Male terminalia, dorsal. 44. Male terminalia, cercus.