Paraclius elongatus Van Duzee, 1930

Soares, Matheus M. M., Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5323 (2), pp. 151-182 : 170

Paraclius elongatus Van Duzee

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Paraclius elongatus Van Duzee, 1930: 72 . Type locality: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Diagnosis (male, based on the original description). Postpedicel subrectangular, pointed dorsally at apex.Mesonotum metallic green, with bluish reflections. Legs mostly yellow, except extreme base of coxae I and III and lateral surface of coxa III brownish, femur III blackened at apex, mainly on posterior surface; tarsi I and II from apex of tarsomere I and all of tarsus III brown. Wing grayish, slightly brownish anteriorly, vein M 1 strongly bowed towards R 4+5 and strongly concave posteriorly. Hypopygium brown, cercus oval, 2X longer than wide, yellow, with dark margins.

Remarks. Paraclius elongatus is very similar and possibly conspecific with P. angusticauda as discussed above (see ‘Remarks’ under P. angusticauda ). However, we were not able to examine the holotype of P. elongatus that was supposedly deposited in the Arthropod Museum of the University of Arkansas but could not be located.

Distribution. Paraclius elongatus is recorded only from the type locality in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( Fig. 23 ).

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FIGURE 23. Known geographic distribution of Paraclius angusticauda Van Duzee, 1933, P. angustipennis Van Duzee, 1929, P. brooksi sp. nov., P. elongatus Van Duzee, 1930 and P. xibun sp. nov.