Melaloncha hirticauda, BORGMEIER, 1934

Brown, Brian V., 2004, Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha beekilling flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1), pp. 1-42 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00086.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491128

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C4A482B-3E2A-4F1A-FF17-3F9CFAEDFE0F

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Carolina

scientific name

Melaloncha hirticauda
status

 

MELALONCHA HIRTICAUDA BORGMEIER View in CoL ( FIGS 77, 82 View Figures 76–86 )

Melaloncha hirticauda Borgmeier, 1934: 185–186 View in CoL , figs 4, 8, plate 3, fig. 14; 1935: 262 (♂ specimen).

Holotype: ♀, BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Bom Retiro, Prade [ LACM ENT 002011 About LACM ] (examined; MZSP).

Recognition. This species can be recognized by the posteriorly narrowing ovipositor with the large lateral setae extending along most of the ovipositor length ( Figs 77, 82 View Figures 76–86 ). There are four supposed male specimens of this species, one from Bom Retiro and three from Nova Teutônia, Brazil.

Description. Body length 2.6 mm. Frons orange, except ocellar triangle black. Setal base of all setae coloured like rest of frons. Frons 0.29 head width; with fine reticulate sculpturing, slightly shiny, punctate, with small, black setulae. Median furrow present. Frontal setae normal; arrangement of frontal setae unmodified, with ventral interfrontal setae near venter of frons. Dorsal interfrontal setae present (no remaining postocellar setae to compare length), level with ventral ocellus. Palpus unmodified. Ocular and genal setae flattened, yellow. Fore tarsomeres yellowish-brown, relatively narrow. Combined length of fore tarsomeres approximately 0.9 tibial length. Fore tarsomere 1 approximately twice as long as tarsomere 2. Fore tarsomere 5 slightly expanded. Pulvilli of fore leg large. Tarsal claws of all legs enlarged, deeply bifurcate. Mid and hind leg yellowish-brown. Costa 0.49 wing length. Tergite 6 of similar colour to other tergites. Tergites 2–6 lateroventrally black, with silver pollinosity. Venter of abdomen grey. Ovipositor relatively tubular in shape, apically narrowed and laterally compressed, curved ventrally in apical one-third. In dorsal view, lateral setae of ovipositor large, extending along most of length of ovipositor. Ventrally, ovipositor with short, fine, sparse setae. Surface of ovipositor with faint, irregular, reticulate sculpturing.

Geographical distribution. South-eastern Brazil.

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Melaloncha

Loc

Melaloncha hirticauda

Brown, Brian V. 2004
2004
Loc

Melaloncha hirticauda

Borgmeier T 1934: 186
1934
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