Brownphora sinefurca (Borgmeier), 2004

Disney, R. Henry L., 2004, Genera resembling Beckerina Malloch (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 518 (1), pp. 1-28 : 14-15

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.518.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5029868

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Brownphora sinefurca (Borgmeier)
status

comb. nov.

Brownphora sinefurca (Borgmeier) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11–14 )

Beckerina sinefurca Borgmeier, 1969b: 60 View in CoL (Female only). Brown, 1997: 155 (Male).

The male head, hypopygium and wing are figured by Brown. The female wing and fore tarsus are figured by Borgmeier. The orifice of the male notopleural gland and its incipient cleft as Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11–14 .

Material

4 males, 1 female COSTA RICA: San José, Zurquf de Moravia , 10.05 o N, 84.02 o W, 1600 m, Jan. 1996, Malaise trap, P. Hanson ( LACM ENT 104950 About LACM , 105710 About LACM , 120038 About LACM , 120843 About LACM , 120846 About LACM — Disney 26–71). Originally described from Costa Rica GoogleMaps .

Borgmeier, T. (1969 b) New or little-known Phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Phoridae). Studia Entomologica, 12, 33 - 132.

Brown, B. V. (1997) The undescribed male of Beckerina sinefurca Borgmeier and the recognition of Neotropical Beckerina (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomological Problems, 28, 155 - 8.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 11–14. Some critical features. (11)Enderleinphora fuscohalterata female, dorsal abdominal glands (stippled) discharging between tergites 5 and 6; (12), Brownphora sinefurca male, left humerus and notopleuron; (13) Enderleinphora hansoni female, furca; (14) Gymnophora quartomollis female, Dufour’s crop mechanism. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Brownphora