taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DE811AA822B006FD9A6C6E524CFD18.taxon	etymology	Etymology: From Greek poton (πόΤΟΣ), “ drinking-bout ”, and philos (φίΛΟΣ), “ friend ”, referring­tO­the­first­flagellOmere, ­ whOse­shape­resembles­a­wine­bOttle. ­ The­gender­Ofthe new genus is feminine. Type species: Potophila verrucosa sp. n. DiagnOsis: ­ EYebridge­ Of­ three­ rOws­ Of­ facets, ­ flagellOmeres­ nOdifOrm­ with­ pairedascOids, ­ first­ flagellOmere­ with­ nOdal­ part­ strOnglY­ elOngated, ­ mOre­ than­ three­ timeslength of internode (Fig. 1 A). Wing ovoid with costal node swollen (Fig. 1 B). Aedeagus asymmetrical through 90 ° inversion of distiphallus; with two parameres, and these carrying a rugose morphoventral projection (Fig. 1 C).	en	Kvifte, Gunnar M. (2014): Description of Potophila verrucosa, gen. n. et sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the West Usambara mountains, Tanzania. African Invertebrates 55 (2): 413, DOI: 10.5733/afin.055.0203, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.055.0203
03DE811AA822B004FDAD6FE0531EFF50.taxon	description	Fig. 1 Etymology: From Latin verruca ­ (wart), ­ referring­tO­the­rugOse­field­On­the­paramere. Diagnostic characters: As for genus. Description: Male. Head (Fig. 1 A): Wider than long; vertex long, c. 0.4 of total head length, tapering tOwards­ anteriOr­ end, ­ with­ small­ lateral­ knObs­ (fig. ­ 1 A); ­ eYebridge­ Of­ three­ rOws­ Offacets, separated by one-facet diameter width; interocular suture present, obtuse; ocular bristles absent; frontal scar patch crown-shaped with median band of alveoli reaching interOcular­suture; ­ labellum­bulbOus, ­ setOse; ­ OnlY­first­palp­segment­present­On­specimen, ­ 71 ­ µm­lOng; ­ scape­cYlindrical, ­ pedicel­spherical, ­ 0.8 ­ × ­ length­Of­scape; ­ flagellOmereselOngate, ­ sYmmetricallY­nOdifOrm; ­ first­flagellOmere­with­nOde­verY­elOngate, ­ mOre­thanthree­times­as­lOng­as­internOde; ­ Other­flagellOmeres­with­internOde­as­lOng­as­nOde; ­ each­flagellOmere­with­twO­ascOid­attachment­pOints, ­ ascOids­missing­frOm­specimen; ­ sOme­flagellOmeres­with­spinifOrm­sensillae. Thorax: Anepisternum and dorsum densely setose; anepisternum with anterior spiracle present; anepimeron triangular without additional sclerite; laterotergite bare around margins; katepisternum and katepimeron bare; pronotum setose; metathoracal spiracle densely setose; coxae with longitudinal row of setae; legs missing. Wing (Fig. 1 B): 3.135 mm long × 1.26 mm wide; ovoid; basal costal node enlarged; membrane unpatterned, without vestiture; Sc terminating blind in the wing, reaching origin of R 5; R 2 + 3 not connected to R 4; radial fork in distal half of the wing, medial fork in basal half; basal part of M 2 weakened; r-m and m-cu faint; R 5 terminating slightly below apex of wing; CuA 2 terminating slightly distally to middle of wing but basal to radial fork; bases of M 1 + 2 and CuA 2 expanded; basal cells terminating close to base of wing. Abdomen without special features. Terminalia (Fig. 1 C, D): With hypandrium narrow, straight; gonostyle 1.5 × length of gonocoxite; gonostyle basally with a cluster of lateral setae, with scattered spiniform sensilla along length; gonocoxal condyles triangular in dorsal and ventral views; aedeagus asymmetrical; basiphallus broad in dorsal view, connected laterally to parameres by parameral-aedeagal membrane, medially to distiphallus, morphodorsally with pointed connection to ventral epandrial plate; distiphallus comprised of two lateral phallomeres and morphodorsal phallic membrane forming duct; distiphallus twisted 90 ° to the left; parameres triangular with a morphoventral projection carrying small, verruca-like rugae; epandrium (Fig. 1 D) broader than long; with single pseudospiracular opening; subepandrial plate large, semicircular in dorsal view; hypoproct broadly U-shaped, densely pilose, covering bases of epandrial claspers; epiproct small, oval; epandrial claspers curved, carrying three distal tenacula in one row; tenacula spatulate, 87 µm long, tips slightly expanded. HOlOtYpe: ­ ♂ ­ TANZANIA: ­ Tanga­regiOn, ­ West­Usambara­Mts, ­ Mazumbai­fOrest­reserve, ­ 1440 ­ m, ­ 23. Xi. 1990, ­ Tanzania Expedition leg, sweep net (ZMB).	en	Kvifte, Gunnar M. (2014): Description of Potophila verrucosa, gen. n. et sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the West Usambara mountains, Tanzania. African Invertebrates 55 (2): 413, DOI: 10.5733/afin.055.0203, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.055.0203
