Coniceromyia setitarsalis Kung & Brown

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) : 54-55

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Coniceromyia setitarsalis Kung & Brown
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Coniceromyia setitarsalis Kung & Brown

( Figs. 121, 184, 237, 307– 308)

Coniceromyia setitarsalis Kung & Brown, 2000 a: 6 , fig. 10.

Diagnosis (male). Long thin setae at posterior face of foretibia and foretarsus, characteristic wing pattern, with a macula near apex of Rs, and another one square-shaped anterior to M 1.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, COSTA RICA: Cartago: La Cangreja, 9.8 ºN, 83.97 ºW, vi–vii. 1992, Malaise trap, 1950 m, P. Hanson col. (LACM). Paratypes: 1 ♂, San José: Zurquí de Moravia, 10.05 ºN, 84.02 ºW, v. 1995, Malaise trap, 1600 m, P. Hanson col. (LACM); 1 ♂, same but vi. 1995; 1 ♂, same but i. 1996; 1 ♂, same but ix. 1991; 1 ♂, same but v. 1992.

Hypopygium description ( Fig. 121). Hypopygium very similar to the one of C. bilineata , with some subtle differences: dorso-medial margin of the left epandrial process slightly irregular, left epandrial process with three subepandrial setulae.

Geographical distribution. Known from four mid elevation sites in Costa Rica.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Coniceromyia