Chonocephalus comptoni, Disney, 2008

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1772 (1), pp. 1-54 : 11-13

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5124029

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scientific name

Chonocephalus comptoni
status

sp. nov.

Chonocephalus comptoni View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 31–32 View FIGURES 31– 32 )

The name refers to Dr Stephen Compton who gave me the specimen.

Male. Length and greatest breadth of postpedicel subequal. Lobes of hypandrium as Fig. 32 View FIGURES 31– 32 . Posterior face of hind femur and tibia as Fig. 31 View FIGURES 31– 32 . Wing 1.0– 1.1 mm long. Costal index 0.51–0.52. Vein 3 without a terminal vesicle and extending only slightly beyond tip of costa. All tibiae are pale brown.

Material. Holotype male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Volcan Rincon , April 1984, R. Baker, leg. S. Compton ( CUMZ, 6-45).

Gallery Image

FIGURES 31– 32. Chonocephalus comptoni male: (31) posterior face of hind femur and tibia; (32) lobes of hypandrium. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Chonocephalus