Cabamofa mira Jaschhof

DE SOUZA AMORIM, DALTON & RINDAL, EIRIK, 2007, Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha), Zootaxa 1535 (1), pp. 1-92 : 18

Cabamofa mira Jaschhof

( Figs. 38–47 )

Material examined. 1 ♂, COSTA RICA, Turrialba , Nov. 1922, Pab. Schild, A.L. Melander Collection 1961, D.S. Amorim, det. ( NMNH) .

The original description of the species is sufficiently detailed. Illustration of some structures helps the phylogenetic discussion ( Figs. 38–43 ). The male terminalia are described and illustrated here for the first time ( Figs. 44–47 ).

Male terminalia. The gonocoxites are fused mesally along a considerable distance and they do not project distally beyond the distal margin of this syngonocoxite plate ( Fig. 44 ). The gonostyle is trifid, with a digitiform projection more distally and an additional more basal projection that widens to the end; fine setae cover the gonostyle ( Fig. 45 ). The ejaculatory apodeme extends a short distance distally as a flat sclerite, bifid at the apex. The aedeagus forms a wide plate behind the ejaculatory apodeme, the aedeagal apodemes forming a pair of basal, lateral projections ( Fig. 46 ). Tergite 9 is well developed, with some spines on the distal corners and scattered setae; tergite 10 is membranous and apparently fused distally to the lobose cerci ( Fig. 47 ).

Figures

FIGURES 38–41. Cabamofa mira Jaschhof, male. 38. Thorax. 39. Head, lateral view. 40. Base of wing. 41. Wing.

FIGURES 42–47. Cabamofa mira Jaschhof, male. 42. Front tibial apex, inner view. 43. Tarsal claw. 44. Male terminalia, lateral view. 45. Gonostyle. 46. Gonocoxal apodeme and aedeagus, ventral view. 47. Tergites IX and X and cerci, ventral view.