Chonocephalus townesi, Disney, 2008

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1772 (1), pp. 1-54 : 36-38

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1772.1.1

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scientific name

Chonocephalus townesi
status

sp. nov.

Chonocephalus townesi sp. nov.

( Figs 104–105)

The name refers to the collector of the type material, H. K. Townes.

Male. Postpedicel longer than its greatest breadth. Left side of epandrium as Fig. 104 and tip of right gonopod, left gonopod and lobes of hypandrium as Fig. 105. Wing 1.3–1.4 mm long. Costal index 0.50–0.55. Vein 3 with a terminal vesicle which extends beyond with tip of costa. All tibiae are brown.

Material. Holotype male, Venezuela, Lara, Yacambo , 1200 m, 7 May 1981, H. K. Townes ( LACM, 26- 75) . Paratypes, 4 males, Yacambo, 1200 m, Malaise trap, 10 May 1981, H. K. Townes ( DEBU, CUMZ 14-60 View Materials - 61 View Materials ) .

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

DEBU

Ontario Insect Collection, University of Guelph

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Chonocephalus