Chonocephalus kungae, Disney, 2008

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1772 (1), pp. 1-54 : 24-25

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5124069

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scientific name

Chonocephalus kungae
status

sp. nov.

Chonocephalus kungae View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 77–78 View FIGURES 77–78 )

The name refers to Giar-Ann Kung a collector of this and other species in Costa Rica.

Male. Length and greatest breadth of postpedicel subequal. Left side of epandrium from below as Fig. 77 View FIGURES 77–78 and right side from below as Fig. 78 View FIGURES 77–78 . Wing 1.3–1.4 mm long. Costal index 0.53–0.54. Vein 3 with a terminal vesicle which extends beyond tip of costa. All tibiae are brown.

Material. Holotype male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Las Cruces Biological Station , 8.80 o N, 82.97 o W, 1200 m, Malaise trap, 7–17 November 2005, G. Kung & A. Kreuter ( CUMZ, 26-77) GoogleMaps . Paratype, 1 male, as holotype except 14–19 September 2005 ( LACM, 26-77) .

Gallery Image

FIGURES 77–78. Chonocephalus kungae male, details of hypopygium: (77) left side of epandrium from below; (78) right side of epandrium from below. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Chonocephalus