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

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 .

Figures

FIGURES 89 – 92. Coniceromyia leucomacula hypopygium, 89. Dorsal, 90. Ventral, 91. Left lateral, 92. Right lateral.

FIGURES 158 – 173. Coniceromyia male forelegs. 158. C. costaricana; 159. C. cristifemur; 160. C. cubensis; 161. C. diaphaniptera; 162. C. disparivena; 163. C. epicantha; 164. C. femoralis; 165. C. franciscana; 166. C. globosa; 167. C. hoggi (modified from Kung 2009); 168. C. impluvia; 169. C. impudica; 170. C. latimana; 171. C. leucomacula; 172. C. lobipennis; 173. C. maculipennis.

FIGURES 318 – 324. Coniceromyia male distinctive forefemur and foretrochanter. 318. C. aurantia forefemur; 319. C. browni forefemur; 320. C. leucomacula forefemur; 321. C. stephensoni forefemur; 322. C. ciliatipes foretrochanter; 323. C. latimana foretrochanter; 324. C. pilicoxa foretrochanter.