Thoracotropis Freeman

Amorim, Dalton De Souza & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2013, Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London, Zootaxa 3726 (1), pp. 1-119 : 51

Thoracotropis Freeman

Thoracotropis Freeman 1951: 81 . Type-species, T. cypriformis Freeman (orig. des.). Ref.—Oliveira et al. 2012, redescription.

T. cypriformis Freeman 1951: 81 , figs. 156 (♂ terminalia), 292 (wing). Type-locality: Chile, Chiloé , Ancud. Ref.— Oliveira et al. 2012: 459, redescription of type-species, figures 1–10 (1, habitus; 2–5, head and thorax; 6, wing; 7–10, male terminalia). Holotype ♂, NHM.

( Figure 139 , originally published in Oliveira et al. 2012, Fig. 1 )

Notes. The type series included only the male holotype. The labels of the holotype are: “ Thoracotropis / cypriformis [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to a pinned plastic stripe]” // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Ancud / 17– 19.xii.1926.” // “S. Chile: / Llanquihue Prov. / F. & M. Edwards / B.M. 1927–63.” // “BMNH(E) # / # 254350”. The type is in good condition, even though some of the legs are incomplete .

Figures

FIGURES 134–142. Mycetophilidae habitus. 134. Tetragoneura simplicistila Freeman, holotype ♂. 135. Tetragoneura sinuata Freeman, holotype ♂. 136. Tetragoneura spinata Freeman, holotype ♂. 137. Tetragoneura tibialis Freeman, holotype ♂. 138. Tetragoneura vogeli Edwards, holotype ♂. 139. Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman, holotype ♂ (Oliveira et al. 2012). 140. Echinopodium curvispina Freeman, holotype ♂. 141. Echinopodium digitalis Freeman, holotype ♂. 142. Echinopodium flagellatum Freeman, holotype ♂.

FIGURES 1–9. Mycetophilidae habitus. 1. Acnemia flavicoxa Freeman, holotype ♂. 2. Acnemia fulvicollis (Philippi), ♀. 3. Acnemia funerea Freeman, holotype ♂. 4. Acnemia vittata Freeman, holotype ♀. 5. Allocotocera flavicoxa Freeman, holotype ♂. 6. Allocotocera glandularis Edwards, paratype ♀. 7. Allocotocera nigricoxa Freeman, paratype ♀. 8. Aneura basalis Freeman, paratype ♂. 9. Aneura longistila Freeman, paratype ♀.