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), pp. 1-87 : 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, 2000a: 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 M1.

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

Kung, G. & Brown, B. V. (2000 a) The patterned-wing species of Coniceromyia (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science, 484, 1 - 10.

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Coniceromyia