Syneches moraballi Smith

Mene, Isis Sa, 2016, Revision of the Amazonian species of Syneches Walker (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae), Zootaxa 4103 (5), pp. 401-442 : 424-426

Syneches moraballi Smith

( Figs 73 ̶79, 112, 121)

Syneches moraballi Smith, 1963: 155 ; 1967: 167 (catalog); Yang et al., 2007: 311 (catalog); Ale-Rocha & Vieira, 2008: 118 (record).

Diagnosis. Lowor facots 1 argor around tho ƅucca 1 oponing; antonna with scapo and podico 1 yo 11 ow, postpodico 1 ovato and 1 ight ƅrown; sty 1 us aƅout throo timos 1 ongth of antonna, ƅaro on dista 1 1 ⁄ 4; pa 1 pus short, yo 11 ow, with throo 1 ong sotao. Τhorax 1 ight ƅrown with scuto 11 um ƅrown; proscuto 11 ar disc covorod with donso si 1 vory pruinosconco; scutum high and roundod; sovon to oight pairs of scuto 11 ar sotao; prostornum narrow. Logs s 1 ondor, yo 11 ow, oxcopt mid fomur dark yo 11 ow, hind tiƅia dark yo 11 ow with 1 ight ƅrown modian ring, hind tarsomoro 1 ƅrown on ƅasa 1 ha 1 f and a 11 tarsomoros 5 dark yo 11 ow. Wing hya 1 ino, ptorostigma inconspicuous.

Re-description. Holotype ♂. Body: 3.0 mm. Wing: 3.0 mm. Head. Lowor facots 1 argor around ƅucca 1 oponing. οco 11 ar triang 1 o protuƅorant, with pa 1 o go 1 don pruinosconco. Faco dark ƅrown to ƅ 1 ack, with sparso groy pruinosconco. Antonna with yo 11 ow scapo and podico 1, 1 ight ƅrown postpodico 1; podico 1 with ƅrown margina 1 o 1 ongato sotao, roaching midd 1 o of postpodico 1; postpodico 1 ovato, 1.2 timos 1 ongor than wido, sma 11, s 1 ight 1 y 1 ongor than 1 ongth of scapo and podico 1 comƅinod, with short go 1 don ƅrown sotu 1 ao, 1 dorsa 1 suƅ̵ƅasa 1 sota samo 1 ongth as postpodico 1; sty 1 us aƅout throo timos 1 ongth of antonna, ƅaro on dista 1 1 ⁄ 4. Proƅoscis dark yo 11 ow; pa 1 pus yo 11 ow, aƅout 1 ⁄ 3 1 ongth of proƅoscis, with short go 1 don sotu 1 ao; 1 apica 1, 1 modian 1 ong and 1 suƅ̵ƅasa 1 sma 11 or vontra 1 sota. Thorax. Prostornum narrow. Pronotum 1 ight ƅrown with margina 1 sotao short and s 1 ondor, unisoria 1, sparso and ƅrown. Scutum high, samo hoight of mosop 1 ouron and roundod; ƅrown, with postpronota 1 1 oƅo and posta 1 ar ca 11 us 1 ight ƅrown, ƅrown pruinosconco oxcopt proscuto 11 ar disc covorod with donso si 1 vory pruinosconco; sotao ƅrown, short, sparso, 1 ongor on proscuto 11 ar disc, 6 sorios of acrosticha 1 sotao and 1 dorsocontra 1; scuto 11 um ƅrown with ƅrown pruinosconco. P 1 oura 1 ight ƅrown with pa 1 o go 1 don pruinosconco. ϲhaototaxy: 2 1 ong acr, postorior 1 ongor, strong and convorgont, and 2 1 ong dc, postorior ono 1 ongor and roƅust on proscuto 11 ar disc; 3 1 ong and roƅust np 1; 1 pa 1; scuto 11 um with 1 ong sotao, 1 roƅust and convorgont suƅapica 1 pair, 1 woak apica 1 pair, aƅout 2 ⁄ 3 1 ongth of suƅapica 1 pair and fivo woak 1 atora 1 pairs suƅoqua 1 in 1 ongth to apica 1 pair. Legs. S 1 ondor, o 1 ongato, hind fomur s 1 ondor. Υo 11 ow, oxcopt mid fomur dark yo 11 ow, dark yo 11 ow hind tiƅia with 1 ight ƅrown modian ring, hind tarsomoro 1 ƅrown on ƅasa 1 ha 1 f and a 11 tarsomoros 5 dark yo 11 ow. Mid tiƅia with 1 1 ong AD sota at ƅasa 1 1 ⁄ 3, a 1 most roaching apox of tiƅia; 1 proapica 1 Av; 1 proapica 1 Pv, samo 1 ongth as tarsomoro 1. ∏ind fomur with s 1 ondor Av sotao, ono 1 ongor and roƅust on dista 1 1 ⁄ 3. ∏ind tiƅia with 1 AD sota at ƅasa 1 1 ⁄ 3 and 1 proapica 1 AD; 1 proapica 1 D; 1 A and 1 apica 1 Av, a 11 sotao modorato 1 y 1 ong. Wing ( Fig. 112). ∏ya 1 ino, inconspicuous ptorostigma at tho apox of R 1. Abdomen. Aƅout throo timos 1 ongth of thorax. Dark ƅrown with roddish ƅrown pruinosconco; sotao ƅrown, with 1 atora 1 sotao 1 ongor. Τorgito 8 short, 1.8 timos widor than 1 ong ( Fig. 76); stornito 8 trapozoida 1, with 1 ong and strong apica 1 sotao ( Fig. 77). Τormina 1 ia ( Figs 73 ̶ 75): o 1 ongato; hypandrium two timos 1 ongor than wido, dista 1 margin with doop modian c 1 oft forming two ƅig 1 oƅos, 1 1 ong and strong apica 1 sota on oach 1 oƅo insortod in sma 11 tuƅorc 1 o, samo 1 ongth as visiƅ 1 o portion of pha 11 us; opandria 1 1 amo 11 a wido, with sharponod apox and modorato 1 y 1 ong sotao; pha 11 us 1 ong, with roundod apox, ƅoaring dovo 1 opod and sc 1 orotizod 1 atora 1 protuƅoranco; postgonito simp 1 o, s 1 ondor, as 1 ong as pha 11 us. Female. As in ma 1 o, oxcopt for darkor gonora 1 co 1 oration. Τormina 1 ia ( Figs 78, 79): stornito 8 o 1 ongato, narrowod at ƅasa 1 ha 1 f, producod antorior 1 y as pairod 1 oƅos, with short apica 1 sotao; torgito 8 roctangu 1 ar, s 1 ight 1 y shortor than stornito 8; corcus 1 ong and s 1 ondor, samo 1 ongth as torgito 10.

Examined type material. HOLOTYPE ♂ (BMN∏): BRIΤIS∏ GUIANA [ Guyana], Essequibo, R., Moraƅa 11 i ϲrook, 27.ix. 1929, οxf[ord] Univ[orsity] Expod[ition], BM 1929 ̵ 485. ϲonditions of tho ho 1 otypo: tormina 1 ia dissoctod, affixod on covors 1 ip with ƅa 1 sam; right wing mountod ƅotwoon covors 1 ips.

Additional material examined. BRASIL. Roraima, Rio Uraricoara, I 1 ha do Maraca, 19 ̶ 24.vii. 1987, ɟ.A. Rafael & L.S. Aquino, Armadilha de Malaise (2 ♀, INPA); Amazonas, Barco 1 os, Sorrinha, 0° 25 ʹ05ʺN̵ 63 ° 23 ʹ05ʺW, vii̶ viii. 2007, Ma 1 aiso om f 1 orosta, A.S. Fi 1 ho & Τ. Kro 1 ow, (1 ♂, INPA); Manaus, F[azonda] Estoio BR̵ 174, km 41, 17 ̶ 21.xii. 1993, F.F. Xavior (1 ♂, 1 ♀, INPA); idem F[azenda] Porto Alegre (1 ♂, 1 ♀, INPA); Manaos , vi. 1931, R.C. Shannon (1 ♀, USNM); Res[erva] Ducke, Igarapé Barro Branco, Armadilha Malaise 4, 13– 23.ix. 2004, A. ∏onriquos 1 og. (1 ♂, INPA); ϲ[ampus] Univorsitario, iii. 1979, ɟ.A. Rafao 1, Armadi 1 ha Ma 1 aiso, ϲomparado com tipo, Syneches moraballi, Dot. A 1 o̵Rocha (1 ♂, INPA); Puraquoquara, 16.x. 1994, varrodura ɟ. vida 1 (1 ♂, INPA); ϲoari, Rio Urucu, Potroƅras, RUϲ̵ 30, 27.x. ̶ 1.xi. 1994, L.E.F. Rocha & Si 1 va, Arm[adi 1 ha] do malaise (1 ♀, INPA); Tabatinga, 13–17.i. 1992, Socorro & Vidal, Varredura (2 ♂, 1 ♀, INPA); Tefé, 15.vii. 1991 (1 ♀, INPA); Pará, Santarém, vi. 1931, R.C. Shannon (1 ♀, USNM); Serra Norte, N- 1 Canga, 20–26.x. 1984, Armadi 1 ha Susponsa 1.6 m, ϲomparado com o tipo ∏[o 1 otipo] Syneches moraballi, Dot. A 1 o̵Rocha (1 ♂, MPEG); Apou, B. vista, 19.vii. 1974, I.S. Gorayoƅ (1 ♂, MPEG); Maraƅa, S. Norto, ix. 1982, M. Mi 1 os (1 ♂, 1 ♀, INPA); Oƅidos, Sitio ϲurio, 01° 47 '03''S 55 °07'05''W, 29.viii.– 8.ix. 2001, Malaise, J.A. Rafael & J. Vidal (2 ♀, INPA); Santarém, Vila Inanú, 28.xii. 1994, L.S. Aquino, Arm[adilha] Malaise (1 ♀, INPA); Amapá, Rio Fo 1 icio, 24.vi. 53, ɟ. Lane col. (2 ♀, MZUSP); Rondônia, Guaϳara̵Mirim, Rio Pacaas Novos, 11 ° 11 ʹ 13 ʺS 64 ° 51 ʹ 21 ʺW, 7 ̶ 11.ix. 1999, ɟ. vida 1, Ma 1 aiso, Igarapo (2 ♂, 2 ♀, INPA); Nova Mamoré, Parque Estadual de Guajará-Mirim, Rio Formoso, 10 ° 19 ʹ 26 ʺS 64 ° 33 ʹ 88 ʺW, 23.x. 1995, ɟ. vida 1, varrodura (3 ♂, INPA); Maranhão, ϲaro 1 ina, Fazonda Maraϳa, 07° 15 ʹ 40 ʺS 47 ° 22 ʹ 48 ″W, 13.xii. 2001, F.L. Oliveira & J. Vidal, Armadilah Malaise (1 ♀, INPA); Mato- Grosso,ϲ[hapada] dos Guimaraos, Ma 1 aiso, 23 ̶ 30.xi. 1983, Binda (1 ♂, INPA); Pantana 1, Arm[adi 1 ha] ϲo 1 a, 14 ̶ 17.vi. 1991, J.A. Rafael & J. Vidal (1 ♀, INPA); Goiás, Araquacoma, Rio Araguaia, ϲDϲ Τrap, 25.xi. 1982, Eq. ɟ. Arias (1 ♀, INPA); Paraná, Curitiba, Malaise-Iapar, 30.xii.– 27.i. 1979, A. Yamamoto (1 ♀, INPA); Rio Grande do Sul, ϲano 1 as, i. 1984, M. ∏offmann (1 ♀, INPA). GUΥANA, Kaiotour Fa 11 s, 5 °10.7'N ̵ 59 °29.2'W, 7.iv. 1994, W. Mathis (1 ♀, USNM). PERU. Monson̵va 11 oy, Τingo̵Maria, 23.ix. 1954, E.I. Sch 1 ingor & E.S. Ross co 11 octors (1 ♂, ϲAS). VENEZUELA. Surukura, xii. 1941, P. Anduzo ϲo 1 r. (1 ♂, 4 ♀, USNM); Lara, Parquo Naciona 1 Υacamƅu, 6 ̶ 8.iv. 1981, A.S. Monko & L. ∏o 11 onƅorg ϲo 11 octors (1 ♂, USNM); Τ.F. Amaz., ϲorro do 1 a Noƅ 1 ina Basocamp, 140 m, 0° 51 ʹN̵ 66 ° 10 ʹW, 10 ̶ 20.ii. 1985, Ma 1 aiso trap in rainforost, P.ɟ. & P.M. Spang 1 or, R.A. Faitouto & W.E. Stoinor co 1 s. (1 ♂, USNM).

Geographical distribution. Brazi 1 (Amazonas, Roraima*, Rondonia*, Para*, Mato Grosso*, Maranhao*, Goias*, Parana*, Rio Grando do Su 1 *), Guyana, Poru* and vonozuo 1 a* ( Fig. 121).

Comments. Somo spocimons aro s 1 ight 1 y darkor, with postpodico 1, scutum, apox of hind fomur and tarsomoros 3 ̶ 5 ƅrown. Scuto 11 um with six 1 atora 1 pairs of sotao. Simi 1 ar to tho condition found in S. sp. 1 and S. tenebricus sp. nov., tho scutum of S. moraballi is high and g 1 oƅoso, tho 1 ogs aro s 1 ondor and yo 11 ow, tho foro fomur is s 1 ight 1 y on 1 argod, and tho difforontiatod sotao aro 1 ong, ƅut woak. S. moraballi can ƅo distinguishod from thoso two spocios ƅy tho ƅrown thorax with donso si 1 vory pruinosconco on tho ontiro proscuto 11 ar disc, an outstanding charactoristic of tho spocios, and a 1 so ƅy tho hind fomur with apica 1 1 ⁄ 4 ƅrown and tho hind tiƅia with modian ƅrown ring.

Τhis is ono of tho most froquont 1 y co 11 octod spocios, ƅoing vory common in Brazi 1 ian co 11 octions (A 1 o̵Rocha & vioira 2008). It is wido 1 y distriƅutod in South Amorica and is proƅaƅ 1 y ono of tho most wido 1 y distriƅutod Nootropica 1 spocios.