Coniceromyia stephensoni Peterson

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 : 55-56

Coniceromyia stephensoni Peterson

( Figs. 122–125 , 185 , 238 , 309–310 , 321 )

Coniceromyia stephensoni Peterson, 1982: 136 , figs. 1–2. Refs.: Kung & Brown 2000a: 6. Holotype ♂, Panama: Chiriqui: 4km N Hartmann's Finca, B.Gill (CNC; not examined).

Diagnosis (male). Forefemur anterior face with large white oval macula, which is mesally brown ( Fig. 321 ); circular macula at wing apical third, strong ventral setae on foretibia.

Material examined. 1♂, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Las Alturas , 8.95ºN, 82.83ºW, 10–13.vi.1998, Malaise trap, 1600 m, B. Brown & V. Berezovskiy col. ( LACM) .

Hypopygium description ( Figs. 122–125 ). Hypopygium nearly identical to that of C. leucomacula , but with four setae on the hypoproct.

Geographical distribution. So far, known only from Costa Rica and Panama.

Comments. See comments under C. blomae .

Figures

FIGURES 122 – 125. Coniceromyia stephensoni hypopygium, 122. Dorsal, 123. Ventral, 124. Left lateral, 125. Right lateral.

FIGURES 174 – 190. Coniceromyia male forelegs. 174. C. mexicana; 175. C. neofusca, sp. nov.; 176. C. parvicornis; 177. C. pilicoxa; 178. C. pilipleura; 179. C. piricornis; 180. C. plaumanni; 181. C. reina; 182. C. sakaii; 183. C. sanctaetheresae; 184. C. setitarsalis; 185. C. stephensoni; 186. C. striativena; 187. C. tanycrossa sp. nov.; 188. C. truncata; 189. C. valdesi; 190. C. vespertilio.

FIGURES 227 – 238. Coniceromyia male wings. 227. C. neofusca sp. nov.; 228. C. parvicornis; 229. C. pilicoxa; 230. C. pilipleura; 231. C. piricornis; 232. C. plaumanni; 233 – 234. C. reina; 235. C. sakaii; 236. C. sanctaetheresae; 237. C. setitarsalis; 238. C. stephensoni.

FIGURES 305 – 311. Coniceromyia male hind femur. 305 – 306. C. sanctaetheresae; 307 – 308. C. setitarsalis; 309 – 310. C. stephensoni; 311. C. striativena.

FIGURES 318 – 324. Coniceromyia male distinctive forefemur and foretrochanter. 318. C. aurantia forefemur; 319. C. browni forefemur; 320. C. leucomacula forefemur; 321. C. stephensoni forefemur; 322. C. ciliatipes foretrochanter; 323. C. latimana foretrochanter; 324. C. pilicoxa foretrochanter.