Coniceromyia leucomacula 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) : 41

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Coniceromyia leucomacula Kung & Brown
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Coniceromyia leucomacula Kung & Brown

( Figs. 89–92, 171, 223, 289– 290, 320)

Coniceromyia leucomacula Kung & Brown, 2000 a: 5 , figs. 8–9.

Diagnosis (male). White oval macula at basal two thirds of forefemur anterior face ( Fig. 320); wing circular macula between M 2 and CuA 1.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Monteverde Biological Station, 10.33 ºN, 84.79 ºW, 9–18.iii. 1995, Malaise trap, 1700m, B. Brown col. (LACM). Paratypes: 1 ♂, same as holotype; 4 ♂, Cartago: La Cangreja, 9.8 ºN, 83.47 ºW, vii. 1991, Malaise trap, P. Hanson col. (LACM); 1 ♂, Guanacaste: Est. Cacao, 10.93 ºN, 85.47 ºW, ii. 1989, Malaise trap, 900m, I. Gauld & D. Janzen col. (LACM).

Hypopygium description ( Figs. 89–92). Hypopygium light brown, very similar to C. blomae , differing by the longer ventral lobe of the left epandrial process, and by the five setae on the hypoproct.

Geographical distribution. Costa Rica.

Comments. See comments under C. blomae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Coniceromyia