Ptecticus palpalis Leal, 1977

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Couri, Márcia Souto & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes De, 2016, An illustrated catalogue of the types of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in the collection of Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Zootaxa 4084 (3), pp. 361-376 : 371

Ptecticus palpalis Leal, 1977

( Figs 10–11 )

LEAL, 1977: 66–68 (ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION); 67, FIGS 3 (EPANDRIUM, DORSAL VIEW), 4 (MALE GENITALIA, DORSAL VIEW), 5 (GONOSTYLUS, DORSAL VIEW), 6 (MALE GENITALIA, VENTRAL VIEW), 7 (DISTAL PROJECTION OF PARAMERAL SHEATH, LATERAL VIEW) AND 8 (GONOSTYLUS, VENTRAL VIEW).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Serra do Cachimbo.

Holotype ♂ with labels: (1) printed on white paper: “Cachimbo, Estado do Pará [State of Pará, Brazil] | Alt. 400 m, 14/21.IX. 995 [14–21.ix.1995] | L. Travassos & S. Oliveira col.”; (2) printed on red paper: “ HOLOTYPUS ”; (3) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “ Ptecticus | palpalis ” | M.C.A. Leal [Maria do Carmo Arcanjo Leal]”.

Condition of type: proximal part of abdomen damaged, terminal part of abdomen and terminalia retained in a microvial with glycerin pinned below the specimen. Missing parts: left antenna, left fore leg, and mid and hind legs except for the coxae and trochanters.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 11. TYPE SPECIMENS, LATERAL AND DORSAL VIEW. 6 – 7. Hermetia nana LINDNER, FEMALE SYNTYPE. 8 – 9. Merosargus flaviventris (LINDNER), MALE HOLOTYPE. 10 – 11. Ptecticus palpalis LEAL, MALE HOLOTYPE. SCALE BAR, 1 MM.

FIGURES 1 – 5. TYPE SPECIMENS, LATERAL AND DORSAL VIEW. 1 – 2. Macromeracis brasiliensis (LINDNER), FEMALE HOLOTYPE. 3 – 4. Barbiellinia illaetabilis PUJOL-LUZ & GODOI, MALE HOLOTYPE. 5. Abavus maculatus LINDNER, MALE HOLOTYPE. SCALE BAR, 1 MM.