Zadbimyia wendyae, Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2014

Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2014, Zadbimyia, a new genus of asynaptine Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with twenty-two new species from the cloud forest of Costa Rica, Zootaxa 3866 (1), pp. 1-29 : 16

Zadbimyia wendyae sp. n.

Fig. 13 A–C

Diagnosis. The structure of the parameres is characteristic of this species: the two-pointed processes arise from broad bases, and the shoulders are prolonged into narrow processes ( Fig. 13 C).

Other male characters. Body length 1.4 mm. Head. Eye strongly narrowed ventrally, eye bridge 7–8 ommatidia long dorsally. Scape length 1.5 × pedicel length. Antennae broken, maximum of 7 flagellomeres retained. Fourth flagellomere ( Fig. 13 B): neck as long as node, circumfilum extremely pale, only basal pores visible. Palpus 3-segmented. Terminalia. Gonocoxites broad, ventral emargination broadly U-shaped, membranous at base of U, antGA very short, thick ( Fig. 13 A). Gonostylus slightly curved, excavated dorsomedially ( Fig. 13 A). Ejaculatory apodeme as long as parameres ( Fig. 13 C). Parameres ( Fig. 13 C): basal portion subrectangular, apicomedial portion twice as long as wide.

Etymology. This species is named after Wendy Porras, an INBio-trained parataxonomist who manages all the field work related to the ZADBI project.

Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, San José province, Moravia, Zurquí de Moravia, 1600 m, 22 Oct. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project ( ZADBI #163, INBio #105272).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Zadbimyia wendyae, male. A: terminalia, ventral. B: fourth flagellomere, lateral, only basal pores of circumfilum shown. C: ejaculatory apodeme and parameres, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm.