Botanophila Lioy, 1864

Gomes, Lucas R. P. & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2021, Three new species of Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from the Mexican Transition Zone, Zootaxa 5005 (3), pp. 317-328 : 318

Botanophila Lioy, 1864

Diagnosis. Male eyes usually holoptic; interfrontal seta present; proclinate orbital seta usually absent; arista pubescent; mid tibia with 1–3 pd seta; prealar seta well developed; scutellum with two long marginal pairs of setae and a shorter discal pair, and with fine pubescence hairs on ventral surface; proepisternum, meron and anepimeron bare; pregonite small, and with two robust setulae; distiphallus reduced (adapted from Suh & Kwon 2008).

An unusual character of the species herein described is the male dichoptic eyes, identical to female ( Figs 1A , 2A , 3A ), whereas the male terminalia is Botanophila - type, with pregonite and distiphallus reduced, and the cerci (fused into a cercal plate) long and apically furcated ( Figs 4B , 5B , 6B ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Botanophila hernandezi sp. nov. Male: head, frontal view (A); habitus, dorsal view (B); habitus, lateral view (C).

FIGURE 2. Botanophila mayorgae sp. nov. Male: head, frontal view (A); habitus, dorsal view (B); habitus, lateral view (C).

FIGURE 3. Botanophila zaldivari sp. nov. Male: head, frontal view (A); habitus, dorsal view (B); habitus, lateral view (C). Female: head, frontal view (D); habitus, dorsal view (E); habitus, lateral view (F).

FIGURE 4. Botanophila hernandezi sp. nov. Male terminalia: (A) sternite 5, dorsal view; (B) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, posterior view; (C) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; (D) aedeagus and associated structures, lateral view; (E) aedeagus and associated structures, dorsal view. Abbreviations: cerc, cerci; distph, distiphallus; epand, epandrium; phapod, phalapodeme; pgt, postgonite; pregt, pregonite; sur, surstyli.

FIGURE 5. Botanophila mayorgae sp. nov. Male terminalia: (A) sternite 5, dorsal view; (B) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, posterior view; (C) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; (D) aedeagus and associated structures, lateral view; (E) aedeagus and associated structures, dorsal view. Abbreviations: cerc, cerci; distph, distiphallus; epand, epandrium; epiph, epiphallus; phapod, phalapodeme; pgt, postgonite; pregt, pregonite; sur, surstyli.

FIGURE 6. Botanophila zaldivari sp. nov. Male terminalia: (A) sternite 5, dorsal view; (B) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, posterior view; (C) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; (D) aedeagus and associated structures, lateral view; (E) aedeagus and associated structures, dorsal view. Female terminalia: (F) ovipositor, dorsal view; (G) ovipositor, ventral view; (H) spermathecae.Abbreviations: cerc, cerci; distph, distiphallus; epand, epandrium; epiph, epiphallus; epipcrt, epiprocto; hypcrt, hypoprocto; phapod, phalapodeme; pgt, postgonite; pregt, pregonite; st, sternite; sur, surstyli; tg, tergite.