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5C0BA4415A723A4A4B9DFD75FBE231C5.text	5C0BA4415A723A4A4B9DFD75FBE231C5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pterocalla (Pterocalla) amnoni Hernández-Ortiz & Hernández-López 2019	<div><p>Pterocalla (Pterocalla) amnoni n. sp.</p><p>(Figs 1–3, 7–11)</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F4A97DA8-5B14-4E7E-9E96-1ED43A8F7D64.</p><p>Etymology: This species is named to honor Amnon Freidberg, a great friend and world citizen, fellow expert in the tropical dipterofauna and the organizer of the memorable First Symposium on Biotaxonomy of the Tephritoidea held in Israel.</p><p>Diagnosis: Body mostly reddish brown with irregular dark brown spots primarily on scutum, pleuron and abdominal tergites; orbital setae well-developed, ocellars nearly ½ length of orbitals; wing pattern mostly dark brown with numerous yellow spots, encircled by hyaline halo mostly occurring in cells r 1, r 3, r 5, br and dm; apical third of wing with three marginal hyaline spots, one in cell r 1, and two others in cell m; lateral surstylus apically rounded in posterolateral view; medial surstylus with robust sclerotized prensiseta, ca. ½ as long as lateral surstylus, preceded by 6–8 translucent spines; phallus membranous fitted with some cuticular spines scattered along the structure; distiphallus translucent or hyaline, without visible sclerites.</p><p>Description (Fig. 1): Head. As wide as long in lateral view, mostly reddish brown with orbital margins and frons covered with fine whitish pollinosity and golden shade, extending anteriorly near the lunula; frons with lower margin somewhat darker than upper portion close to ocellar triangle, with scattered black setulae; scape and pedicel mostly yellow, flagellomere blackish, rounded apically extended to clypeal edge, arista bare; palpus yellowish, elongated, rather dark brownish in apical third; occiput and gena dark brown; one orbital seta reclined; ocellars present, ca. 0.5× as long as orbitals; medial and lateral vertical setae present.</p><p>Thorax. Measurements (mm): female length 1.93–2.24; male length 1.86–2.10. Scutum and scutellum reddish brown coated by golden pollinosity, and brownish black setulae arranged in longitudinal stripes; scutum surface with black spots, at points of insertion of setae and setulae, becoming larger in middle and close to posterior margin; postpronotal lobe yellow.One postpronotal, 2 notopleurals, 1 postsutural supra-alar, 1 postalar, 1 intra-alar, 2 dorsocentrals (anterior shorter than posterior), and 1 acrostichal setae present. Pleuron mostly dark brown with few paler irregular spots; anepisternum with three setae present in vertical line at posterior margin, the upper one being larger; katepisternal seta well developed; scutellum brownish yellow, with brown transverse stripe; two pairs of scutellar setae present. Legs. Mostly yellow, with brownish markings forming irregular rings on the femora and tibiae; fore femur with ventral row of 5 or 6 large black setae; tarsi yellow.</p><p>Wing (Fig. 2). Measurements (mm): female 4.7–5.52 long, 1.67–2.19 wide (ratio length/width 2.71 ± 0.08); male 4.43–4.76 long, 1.62–1.86 wide (ratio length/width 2.59 ± 0.07); ratio thorax/wing 0.40–0.42 ± 0.01. Vein R 2+3 bent from level of r–m and curved forward at wing margin; vein M gently undulated just before apical margin of wing; length from r–m to dm–cu nearly as long as dm–cu; cell cup with posteroapical angle protruded, nearly as long as cell body. Pattern predominantly dark brown, with a series of paler yellow spots encircled by hyaline halo, arranged irregularly in cells r 1, r 3, r 5, br and dm; apical third of wing with two well-defined ocellar spots (described as small hyaline dot surrounded by black ring), one in cell r 3 and other in cell r 5 located near vein R 4+5, and diffuse hyaline dot (without surrounding black coloration) in r 5, at level of dm–cu; pterostigma dark brown; wing margin with hyaline stain contiguous to apex of cell sc; semi-circular hyaline spot at apex of vein R 1; two hyaline spots on margin of cell m, one in middle and other at end of vein Cu 1; lower half of cell cu 2 hyaline adjacent to lower edge of wing. Coloration pattern in both sexes seems similar; however, male pterostigma ca. 1.2× as wide as in female. Haltere whitish.</p><p>Abdomen. Predominantly yellow, with many irregular dark spots and blackish hair scattered on all tergites, except in tergite 1+2 which is largely yellow. Male with second abdominal tergite with 2 irregular light brown patches on the middle area.</p><p>Male terminalia (Figs 3, 7–9). Epandrium brownish red, nearly spherical; medial surstylus with single sclerotized prensiseta sided by 6–8 sturdy hyaline spines; phallus coiled about three times, with dark edges throughout its length, and fitted with a few translucent teeth or spines scattered over its membrane, distiphallus membranous and fully translucent, without any visible internal or external sclerites.</p><p>Female terminalia (Figs 10, 11). Oviscape heart-shaped, shining brownish covered with scarce black pilosity, 0.80–0.87 mm long (nearly long as two apical tergites combined), and 0.91–1.06 mm wide basally; aculeus 1.43–1.58 mm long, gradually tapering toward the apex with three pre-apical sensory spines.</p><p>Holotype: ♂ Mexico: Veracruz, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-95.07694&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.582224" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -95.07694/lat 18.582224)">Station of Tropical Biology Los</a> Tuxtlas-UNAM (STBLT) [18°34'56"N 95°04'37"W], 246 m, 17.xii.2013, M. Madora.</p><p>Paratypes: Mexico: same Data as holotYpe, 17.xii.2013 (1♂ 2♀ IEXA, 2♀ CNIN); same localitY [18°34'56"N 95°04'37"W], 246 m, M. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-95.07694&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.582224" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -95.07694/lat 18.582224)">MaDora</a>: 30.xii.2013 (1♂ CNIN), 3.iii.2014 (1♂ CNIN, 2♀ IEXA), 16.iv.2014 (3♂ 2♀ IEXA, 2♀ CNIN), 14.v.2014 (1♀ CNIN), 15.viii.2014 (1♀ IEXA); same localitY [18°35'47"N 95°06'07"W], 204 m, 17.vi.2016, M. MaDora &amp; F. RamíreZ (1♂ IEXA, 1♀ CNIN); same localitY [18°34'58"N 95°04'35"W], 231 m, M. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-95.076385&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.582779" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -95.076385/lat 18.582779)">MaDora</a>: 17.xii.2013 (1♂ 1♀ IEXA, 1♀ CNIN), 31.i.2014 (3♂ IEXA), 14.ii.2014 (1♂ IEXA, 1♀ CNIN), 3.iii.2014 (1♂ 1♀ IEXA), 16.iii.2014 (1♀ CNIN), 14.vii.2014 (1♀ IEXA), no Date (1♀ IEXA); same localitY [18°34'55"N 95°04'35"W], 207 m, M. MaDora: 3.iii.2014 (1♀ CNIN), 30.xii.2013 (1♀ CNIN), 31.i.2014 (1♂ CNIN), 31.iii.2014 (2♀ IEXA), 30.vi.2014 (1♀ CNIN); same Data but 29.x.2013, F. AceveDo (1♂ 2♀ CNIN, 1♀ IEXA) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0BA4415A723A4A4B9DFD75FBE231C5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente;Hernández-López, Mónica	Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente, Hernández-López, Mónica (2019): Taxonomical notes on the Neotropical genus Pterocalla Rondani (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with description of a new species from Mexico. Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (2): 169-177, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3406373, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406372
5C0BA4415A753A484AADFAECFEB4376B.text	5C0BA4415A753A484AADFAECFEB4376B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pterocalla (Pterocalla) maculata Hernandez-Ortiz & Arias-Velazquez 1989	<div><p>Pterocalla (Pterocalla) maculata Hernández-Ortiz &amp; Arias-Velázquez, 1989</p><p>(Figs 4–6, 12–15)</p><p>Pterocalla (Pterocalla) maculata Hernández-Ortiz &amp; Arias-Velázquez, 1989: 399, fig. 1B. (Type locality: Los Tuxtlas, Mexico.)</p><p>Diagnosis: Body generally reddish brown coated with fine greyish pollinosity with golden reflections, with irregular dark brown spots specially on scutum and pleuron; orbital setae well developed, ocellars about 0.5× as long as orbitals; wing pattern with distinctive coloration similar to P. amnoni, with two hyaline spots in cell sc; apical third of wing characterized by six well-defined marginal hyaline spots: each one in cells r 1 and r 3, respectively; two others in cell r 5, one in the middle and lower shared with cell m crossing vein M; in addition to two other spots at lower margin of cell m; lateral surstylus sharpened apically in posterolateral view; medial surstylus with strong sclerotized prensiseta, preceded by 4 translucent spine-like setae; phallus membranous and smooth; distiphallus fitted with yellow internal sclerite and a single apical black protrusion.</p><p>Redescription (Fig. 4): Head. Reddish yellow with dark spots on the lower margin of frons close to lunula, at the vertex and the ocellar triangle; orbital margins with greyish pollinosity and brown dark spots surrounding the bases of the orbital and vertical setae; frons with few short hairs on the lower half; antennae reddish brown basally (scape and pedicel), flagellomere mostly dark brown; face dark yellow; ocellar setae nearly 0.5× as long as orbitals.</p><p>Thorax. Measurements (mm): female length 1.93–2.02; male length 1.90–2.14. Scutum covered by fine grayish pollinosity with golden reflections from presutural area, fading gradually backwards until brown color prevails, in addition to brown dots on yellowish areas on bases of setae and setulae, being larger medially along dorsocentral and acrostichal lines; scutellum with some areas covered by gray pollinosity, including two big dark spots extending from middle disc towards basal scutellar seta, and two others surrounding apical scutellar seta; pleuron dark brownish with irregular darker spots. Legs. Foreleg with femur yellow apically and several dark spots lengthwise, tibia and tarsomeres mostly yellow; mid- and hind-legs with femora and tibiae mostly yellow with wide black rings (especially in mid-leg), all tarsi yellow.</p><p>Wing (Fig. 5). Holotype 4.9 mm long; measurements for additional specimens: female 4.43–4.52 mm long, 1.81–1.95 mm wide (ratio length/width 2.38 ± 0.07); male 4.57–4.67 mm long, 1.95–2.10 mm wide (ratio length/width 2.28 ± 0.06); ratio thorax/wing = 0.44 ± 0.02. Wing pattern brownish black, except in the bottom half which is hyaline in cell CuA 1; cells r 1, r 3, r 5, br and dm with paler conspicuous spots, surrounded by a distinctive hyaline halo; apical margin with remarkable hyaline spots as follows: one basal and one apical in cell sc; large hyaline mark in cell r 1, immediately after tip of vein R 1; two placed in apical margin in cells r 3 and r 5; besides three marginal hyaline markings in cell m. Apical third of wing with two well-defined small ocellar spots, one in cell r 3 and other in cell r 5, along with hyaline point (without surrounding dark halo) on the latter, at level of the dm–cu vein. Haltere whitish.</p><p>Abdomen. Tergites covered by fine yellow pollinosity with irregular brown dots; ovipositor sheath heart-shaped, nearly as long as the three preceding tergites combined.</p><p>Male terminalia (Figs 6, 12, 13). Epandrium brownish red, nearly spherical; medial surstylus with a single robust prensiseta, preceded by four translucent spines of subequal length; lateral surstylus about ½ of epandrium length, with apex rounded in posterior view, but sharpened in posterolateral view; phallus coiled approximately three times, with blackish strongly sclerotized edges, lacking cuticular teeth along membrane; distiphallus hyaline membranous, with yellow inner sclerite, besides black heavily sclerotized rounded protrusion.</p><p>Female terminalia (Figs 14, 15). Oviscape 0.75–0.81 mm long and 0.90–0.98 mm wide basally; aculeus length 1.40–1.41 mm (n=2); aculeus tip tapering gradually to the apex with three subapical sensorial spines in ventral view.</p><p>Holotype (examineD): ♀ Mexico: Veracruz, Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, 160 m, 14.xi.1986, E. Ramírez (CNIN, formerly IBUNAM).</p><p>Other specimens examined: Mexico: Veracruz, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-95.076385&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.582779" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -95.076385/lat 18.582779)">San Andres Tuxtla</a>, Est. Biol. Tropical Los Tuxtlas UNAM, 231 m [18°34'58"N 95°04'35"W], M.MaDora: 9.ii.2014 (1♂ IEXA) , 3.iii.2014 (1♂ 1♀ IEXA; 1♂ CNIN), 31.iii.2014 (1♀ CNIN); same localitY [18°34'06"N 95°04'37"W], 246 m, 3.iii.2014, M. MaDora (1♀ IEXA) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0BA4415A753A484AADFAECFEB4376B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente;Hernández-López, Mónica	Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente, Hernández-López, Mónica (2019): Taxonomical notes on the Neotropical genus Pterocalla Rondani (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with description of a new species from Mexico. Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (2): 169-177, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3406373, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406372
