Paramycodrosophila sp.3

Frech-Telles, Marcos Henrique, Gottschalk, Marco Silva & Valente-Gaiesky, Vera Lúcia da Silva, 2024, Shifting the known richness of Paramycodrosophila Duda, 1924 (Diptera: Drosophilidae): the description of nineteen new species in the Neotropical region, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20230105) 68, pp. 1-113 : 50

Paramycodrosophila sp.3

( Figs. 61 , 62 , 86F )

Material examined: female labelled as follows: “BRA [= Brazil] – RJ [= State of Rio de Janeiro] – PARNA [= National Park ] de Itatiaia (22°25’54.39”S, 44°37’18.24”W) Data: 21.xii.2020 - 04.i.2021 Col.: Telles MHF; Vicenzi N OBS.: Armadilha [=Trap] Malaise”, “Sc038” [ MZUSP]. Specimen condition: Wrinkled .

Description. Head ( Fig. 61A ): yellow with black and dark brown marks; eyes reddish, pubescent; face yellow, dorsally brown, ventrally dark brown; carina light yellow, prominent, narrow; scape yellow; pedicel brownish apically light yellow; flagellomere 1 dark brown, lighter basally, compressed; arista with five dorsal branches, one ventral branch and terminal fork; frons yellow and brown; fronto-orbital plate yellow, brown spot at the base of p rc frorb s; fronto-orbital setae black, a rc frorb s anterior of pc frorb s; distance between pc frorb s and a rc frorb s = 0.02 mm, between pc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.07 mm, and between a rc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.07 mm; frontal vitta brown, lighter near ptilinal suture; frontal triangle yellow, large; ocellar triangle black, prominent; postocellar setae black, crossing; genae light yellow, black at the margins and under the eye near the base of vibrissae; palps black, large; labellum brown. Thorax ( Figs. 61B, C ): yellow with brown marks; scutum with two longitudinal sub-medial brown bands anteriorly parallel converging medially near the transverse suture and, in height of dorsocentral setae, the bands fuse and are replaced by brown spots partially fused forming a triangle shape; fine gray line between the parallel brown marks; base of the dorsocentral setae with brown spots; postpronotum light yellow; external margin of postpronotal lobe brown; transverse suture with a brown mark extended towards supra-alar area; six irregular rows of acrostichal setulae which become scarce posterior to the anterior dorsocentral setae; anterior dorsocentral setae smaller than posterior dorsocentral setae; scutellum dark brown, with yellow margins from its base until the base of the apical scutellar setae, dark spots at the base of the basal scutellar setae; basal and apical scutellar setae parallel, curved inwards; pleura mostly brown with longitudinal yellow band above katepisternum. Legs tan, darker rings from near the base to the middle of the femora. Wings ( Fig. 61F ): hyaline with a black apically pointy costal lappet; faint darker patch present bellow costal lappet; R 4+5 and M 1 parallel; halter light yellow; index: C = 1.50, ac = 3.04, hb = 0.83, 4c = 1.58, 4v = 2.46, 5x = 2.47, M = 0.88, prox. x = 0.48. Length = 2.23 mm, width = 1.01 mm. Abdomen ( Figs. 61D, E ): T1 yellow; T2 mostly brown; T3 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, anterior yellow spot sub-laterally of the large brown area; T4 yellow, dark brown caudal band, the band advances towards the anterior margin medially and laterally, sub-laterally yellow, laterally brown; T5 yellow with a dark brown triangle shaped mark medially, dark brown marks sub-laterally, laterally brown; T6 yellow with dark brown triangle shaped mark medially, laterally brown; T7 yellow, lateral margin slightly brown; sternites tan; S7 with microtrichia and with 15 setulae; intersegmental membranes light. Terminalia ( Fig. 62 ): T8 dark dorsally, with microtrichia in the dorsal region and one setulae at the height of anal pore; epiproct and hypoproct with microtrichia, with many long and some smaller setae; oviscapt valves asymmetrical, right valve shorter than left valve; oviscapt vale sclerotinized, long, squarish at the tip in lateral view; five large peg-like ovisensilla on the posterior margin, horizontal row of five peg-like ovisensilla on the apical ventral margin, around 8 tiny pegs on the ventral margin; Spermathecal capsule highly sclerotized, dome-shaped, wrinkled rings on the basal half; introvert reaching the total length of the capsule. Body length: 1.83mm.

Figures

Figure 61 Paramycodrosophila sp.3.: A,head (anterolateral view); B, thorax (dorsal view); C, thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F,wing.

Figure 62 Paramycodrosophila sp.3.: A, posterior end of abdomen (ventral view);B, posterior end of abdomen (lateral view); C, oviscapt (ventral view); D,oviscapt (lateral view); E, seventh sternite (ventral view); F, spermatheca (lateral view). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 86 Females. Habitus of: A, Paratype of Paramycodrosophila pedraseladensis n. sp.; B, Sc008, Paratype of P. puri n. sp.; C, Sc122, Paratype of P. puri n. sp.; D, P. sp.1; E, P. sp.2; F, P.sp.3. Scale bars: 1 mm.