Chonocephalus bentacasei (Santos Abreu)

Disney, R. Henry L., 2002, Revisionary notes on Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae) with keys to species of the Holarctic Region, Zootaxa 60, pp. 1-36 : 11-12

Chonocephalus bentacasei (Santos Abreu)

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Heterophora bentacasei Santos Abreu, 1921: 82 .

Chonocephalus bentacasei ( Santos Abreu) . Santos Abreu & Schmitz, 1934: 69.

Santos Abreu & Schmitz (1934) reported that the type had been lost. The discovery of two males in the University of Guelph Insect Collections has allowed the designation of a NEOTYPE.

Material

Holotype male, Canary Islands, La Palma (lost); Neotype male, Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, 7 January 1974, J. R. Vockeroth ( DEBU ­ 14­53); 1 male as neotype. 1 male, La Palma, Parque National de la Caldera de Taburiente Barraco de las Traves, 1068m UTH, 28 RBS 4780 YT4, 10 August 1999, T. Domingo­Quero (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid).

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FIGURES 9­12. Chonocephalus bentacasei male, details of hypopygium: (9) left face of epandrium from below; (10) right gonopod; (11) right processes of epandrium; (12) left gonopod. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.