Antrops yungas, KITS & MARSHALL, 2013

KITS, JOEL H. & MARSHALL, STEPHEN A., 2013, <p class = " HeadingRunIn " align = " left "> <strong> Generic classification of the Archiborborinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with a revision of <em> Antrops </ em> Enderlein, <em> Coloantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Maculantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Photoantrops </ em> gen. nov., and <em> Poecilantrops </ em> gen. nov. </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3704 (1), pp. 1-113 : 67

Antrops yungas sp. nov.

( Figs. 150–154, 217)

Description. Male postabdomen: Sternite 5 as described for the species group. Surstylus with medial ridge narrow, strongly projecting, ventral tooth broad, sharply pointed, anteroventral corner subtriangular ( Fig. 151). Pregonite indistinct, fully fused with postgonite. Postgonite with lobes barely separated, anterior lobe narrow, quadrate, posterior lobe pointed, long. Basiphallus narrow, with long epiphallus and preepiphallus. Distiphallus with broad, rounded, setose dorsal knob ( Fig. 150).

Female postabdomen: Tergites 6–7 and sternites 6–7 wider than long, moderately sclerotized, covered with microtomentum. Tergites with 3 posterior strips, sternites with 2 posterior strips. Tergite 8 shiny, widest anteriorly, anterior corners slightly produced, shallowly pinched medially, anterior and posterior margins emarginated medially, anterior corners nearly meeting sternite 8 laterally. Epiproct with short, broad anterior arms, covered with microtomentum except arms, with 2 pairs of setae and a medial unpaired seta ( Fig. 152). Cerci narrow. Sclerites of sternite 8 narrow anteriorly, becoming gradually wider posteriorly, microtomentum covering posterior third, apices pointed, without hooks. Hypoproct depressed antero-medially ( Fig. 153). Spermathecae round, long apical invagination meeting basal invagination, sclerotized duct short ( Fig. 154).

Type material. Holotype ♂: PERU: Cusco: Wayqecha Biol. Stn. , ~ 9 km NE Challabamba, 13°10'S 71°34'W, ~ 2800 m, cloud forest, 14–15 May 2007, dung pans in wood chips, Marshall & Kits, debu00303673 ( MUSM) . Paratypes: same data as holotype (1 ♀, DEBU) ; as above but yellow pan traps in compost (2 ♂, 1 ♀, DEBU, MUSM) ; as above but cow pasture, dung, yellow pans, Kits & Marshall (4 ♀, DEBU, MUSM) ; as above but cloud forest, 13–15 May 2007, S.M. Paiero (2 ♂, DEBU) ; Challabamba , ~ 3 km NE, 13°11'56"S 71°38'27"W, ~ 3450 m, dry grass, ypt, 13–16 May 2007, Marshall, Kits, & Paiero (1 ♀, DEBU) ; Puente Pilco , ~ 5.3 km NNW Challabamba, along creek, 13°10'53"S 71°46'08"W, ~ 2800 m, yellow pans, 13–16 May 2007, Marshall & Kits (1 ♀, MUSM) . BOLIVIA: Cochabamba: Serranía de Siberia, Chua Khocha , 2360 m, cloud forest, window trap, 26 Aug–6 Sep 1990, P. Parrillo (1 ♀, FMNH) ; Serranía de Siberia, along Hwy. 4, 2722 m, cloud forest, bait trap (squid carrion), 17–25 Nov 1993, Parrillo & Rojas (1 ♂, 1 ♀, FMNH) ; as above but 2949 m, cloud forest, bog area (1 ♂, FMNH) ; along Hwy. 7, 3303 m, pine gardens, bait trap (squid carrion), 19 Nov 1993, Parrillo & Rojas (25 ♂, 10 ♀, FMNH) ; La Paz: Las Yungas , 9200 ft, 30 Sep 1972, G.E. Bohart (1 ♀, USUL) ; Unduavi, Yungas , 3500–3600 m, 29 Oct 1968, L.E. Peña (1 ♂, CNCI) ; Zongo , 18 Apr 2001, S.A. Marshall (1 ♂, DEBU) ; Zongo road, ca. 3800 m, alpine shrub, on cow dung, 18 Apr 2001, S.A. Marshall (5 ♂, DEBU, UASC) .

Comments. The species name refers to the yungas ecoregion, and should be treated as a noun in apposition.

Other species of the orbitalis group:

Most species of the orbitalis group not included in the nitidicollis complex (except the A. tetrastichus / A. unduavi species pair) can be distinguished by external characters.