Micropeza, Meigen, 1803

Soares, Matheus M. M., Barros, Luana M. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2020, A remarkable new species of Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Caatinga biome, Brazil, Zootaxa 4890 (3), pp. 439-445 : 440

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4323969
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scientific name	Micropeza
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Key for Micropeza View in CoL View at ENA species with finger-shaped projection on Costal vein (males)

1 Fore coxa black ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 1); mid tibia with posterior long hairs at apex ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 2); mid and hind femora with three dorsal black bands ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 1)......................................................................... M. dactyloptera Harterreiten-Souza, Sujii & Pujol-Luz View in CoL

- Fore coxa dark brown in basal half and apical half yellow ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–3 ); mid tibia lacking long hairs at apex ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–3 ); mid and hind femora with two dorsal dark irregular spots ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–3 , 8 View FIGURES 4–8 )....................................... M. chiroptera View in CoL sp. nov.

References

Harterreiten-Souza, E. S., Sujii, E. R. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2014) A new species of the genus Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 3827 (3), 392 - 396. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3827.3.9

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Micropeza chiroptera sp. nov., holotype ³. 1. Lateral habitus; 2. Wing, dorsal view; 3. Finger-shaped projection on costal vein.Abbreviations: C = costal vein; M1 = first branch of media; M4 = fourth branch of media; R2+3= second branch of radius; R4+5 = third branch of radius.

FIGURES 4–8. Micropeza chiroptera sp. nov., holotype ³. 4–6. Head; 4. Dorsal view; 5. Frontal view; 6. Lateral view; 7. Thorax, dorsal view; 8. Mid femur, anterior view.