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Diptera Classification: Diptera

Anapausis mourei Amorim & Balbi, 2006

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 18:30 — Dalton S Amorim

Diagnosis:

The female of A. mourei sp. nov. can be immediately recognized by the large, tooth-like, well sclerotized projection mesally on T8+9.

Valid Genus:

Anapausis

Species epithet:

mourei

Author:

Amorim & Balbi

Year:

2006

Page:

Other Information:

Holotype female, MZSP

Head:

Head elliptical, covering posterior 3/4 of occiput, microtrichia covering posterior half; eye-bridge complete; flagellum with 8 articles, single regular whorl of setae per flagellomere except for distal one, with 2 whorls; lateral ocelli about twice width of mesal one; no setae on front above antennae; labella small, maxillary palpus well developed, slender to apex, covered with setae and microtrichia, sensory pits and sensillae absent; cardo well developed.

Thorax:

Antepronotal setae, 32; proepisternals, 10; proepimerals, 8; spiracular sclerite setae, 8; anepisternals, 10/8; katepisternals, 13; mesepimerals, 6/3; merals, 4; subspiraculars, 4; supra-alars, 6; pedicelars, one; a number of longer scutellar setae not in regular row.

Wing:

M1 long, broken at base, not converging basally towards M2; A1 produced; cell m1 with 3 macrotrichia; m2, 15; m4, 17–21; cuA2, 10–15; a1, 4–5.

Female abdomen:

S7 and T7 rectangular, unmodified. Terminalia (Fig. 27). Similar to those of A. clivicola, with pair of small, lateral tubercular projections on S8 with a number of setae, plus additional group of setae more anteriorly. T8+9 with odd mesal, well-sclerotized projection. Terminalia characteristically devoid of microtrichia.

Length:

Body length, 2.48 mm; wing length, 1.80 mm; wing width, 0,72 mm.

Distribution:

HOLOTYPE female, BRASIL, SP, Ribeirão Grande, Parque Estadual Intervales, Malaise Trap T3, 24º 15’ S, 48º 10’ W, 13–16.xii.2000, M.T. Tavares & eq. cols.

Description in general words:

Small sized, shinning brown scatopsids