Coniceromyia broadheadi Disney

Ament, Danilo César, Kung, Giar-Ann & Brown, Brian V., 2020, Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus, Zootaxa 4830 (1), pp. 1-61 : 55

Coniceromyia broadheadi Disney

COLOMBIA: 1♂, Cauca: PNN Isla Gorgona: El Saman , 2.97ºN, 78.18ºW, 27.viii–12.ix.2001, Malaise trap, 30m, H. Torres col. ; 1♂, same but 13.iv–7.v.2001, 5m; 1♂, same but 1–5.iii.2000, Brown & team col.; 1♂, Valle de Cauca: PNN Farallones de Cali: Alto Anchicaya , 3.43ºN, 76.80ºW, 16–30.i.2001, Malaise trap, 650m, S. Sarria col. ; 1♂, Bolivar, SFF Los Colorados: El Mirador , 9.90ºN, 75.12ºW, 3–18.viii.2001, Malaise trap, 400m, E. Deulufeut col. ; 1♂, Putumayo: PNN La Paya: Cabaña Chagra , 0.12ºS, 74.93ºW, 15–30.x.2001, Malaise trap, 320m, R. Cobete col. ; 2♂, Caquetá: PNN Chiribiquete: Rio Mesay , 0.24ºN, 72.94ºW, 1–4.ii.2000, Malaise trap, 300m, F. Quevedo col. COSTA RICA: 3♂, Limón: 7km SW Bribri , 9.58ºN, 82.88ºW, ix–x.1989, Malaise trap, P. Hanson col. ; 1♂, same but xii.1989 – ii.1990; 7♂, Limón: 4km NE Bribri , 9.63ºN, 82.82ºW, xii.1989 – iii.1990, Malaise trap, P. Hanson col. ; 1♂, Heredia: La Selva Biol. Station , 10.43ºN, 84.02ºW, vi.1993, Malaise trap ; 1♂, same but 23–26.v.1988, 40m, B. Brown col.; 1♂, Puntarenas: Cerro Rincón , 8.52ºN, 83.47ºW, ii.1991, Malaise trap, 745m, P. Hanson col. ; PANAMA: 1♂, Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Is. , 9.17ºN, 79.83ºW, 17–24.iii.1993, Malaise trap, J. Pickering col.

Remarks. We illustrate here some previously unreported features of this species: forecoxa laterally compressed, strongly concave ventrally, with setae extremely reduced ( Fig. 26A ), dorsum of forefemur with a patch of parallel microsculptures ( Fig. 26 B–C), and foremetatarsus excavation with hexagonal plates bearing two pointed projections ( Fig. 12 G–H). That these features are unique to this species helps considerably in its diagnosis.

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FIGURE 12. SEMs of male foremetatarsus of Coniceromyia species (scale bars refers to the lower magnification image and indicate 0.1mm). A–B, C. impluvia, C–D, C. femoralis, E–F, C. valdesi, G–H, C. broadheadi, I–J, C. costaricana, K–L, C. apicalis.

FIGURE 26. Unique or uncommon features of males of Coniceromyia species. A. Curved forecoxa of C. broadheadi, B–C, Sculpturing in dorsum of forefemur of C. broadheadi, D. Anterior view of foretibia of C. leia, showing the ventral face mostly bare and shiny but with differentiated thin setulae, E. Hind tibia of C. piricornis with dorsal patch of differentiated setulae, F. Hind tibia of C. diadella with dorsal carina with differentiated setulae, G. Posteroventral face of forefemur of C. systenopoda with a triangular ventral projection, H. Forefemur of C. pectinella with dorsal excavation bearing a comb of apically-directed curved setae, I. Foretrochanter of C. circulata with ventral process bearing apical group of curved setae, J. Foretrochanter of C. bellatula with ventral projection bearing apical group of curved setulae, K. Forefemur of C. chrysopa with bare oval ring surrounding an oval patch with small setulae, L. Forefemur of C. solaris with bare oval ring surrounding an oval patch with small setulae, M. Anterior face of midfemur of C. piricornis with ventral patch of dense setulae, N. Anterior face of midfemur of C. setosa with band of tiny setulae along basal two-thirds of ventral margin.