Coniceromyia lobipennis Kung & Brown

Ament, Danilo César & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of three new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4086 (1), pp. 1-87 : 41

Coniceromyia lobipennis Kung & Brown

( Figs. 93–96 , 172 , 224, 291)

Coniceromyia lobipennis Kung & Brown, 2000b: 84 , fig. 3.

Diagnosis (male). Wing emarginated between M1 and M2; hind tibia with four dorsal setae.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, EQUADOR: Napo: Oyacachi , 0.22ºS, 78.08ºW, 5–19.ii.1996, Malaise trap, 3000 m, P. Hibbs col. ( LACM). Paratype: 1♂, same as holotype .

Hypopygium description ( Figs. 93–96 ). Hypopygium light brown. Epandrium extensively covered with microtrichia, only small proximal lateral areas bare; epandrial dorsal and left sutures present. Left epandrial process dorsally setose, with a medial projection near apex and a subepandrial medial setulose projection near base ( Fig. 96 , black arrow). Right epandrial projection with subepandrial group of setulae. Hypoproct with three setae. Right lobe of hypandrium without projections.

Geographical distribution. Known from a single high elevation site in Ecuador.

Comments. Coniceromyia lobipennis is the only species of the genus with more than two hind tibia dorsal setae. This condition is also found in species of some other Phorinae genera, such as Neopleurophora and Plethysmochaeta . This condition is probably independently derived in C. lobipennis , as this species possibly is not sister to the remaining species of the genus (see discussion under C. atricolor ).

Figures

FIGURES 93 – 96. Coniceromyia lobipennis hypopygium, 93. Dorsal, 94. Ventral, 95. Left lateral, 96. Right lateral.

FIGURES 158 – 173. Coniceromyia male forelegs. 158. C. costaricana; 159. C. cristifemur; 160. C. cubensis; 161. C. diaphaniptera; 162. C. disparivena; 163. C. epicantha; 164. C. femoralis; 165. C. franciscana; 166. C. globosa; 167. C. hoggi (modified from Kung 2009); 168. C. impluvia; 169. C. impudica; 170. C. latimana; 171. C. leucomacula; 172. C. lobipennis; 173. C. maculipennis.