Cerozodus ayalai, Camargo & Vieira & Rafael, 2022

Camargo, Alexssandro, Vieira, Rodrigo & Rafael, José Albertino, 2022, Taxonomic review of Cerozodus Bigot, 1857 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5209 (2), pp. 151-186 : 170-171

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:710CB5B2-3A7A-491D-A317-CC05419F7A6B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7330761

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32978457-72CB-45E9-86C1-C234EC1C8D6C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:32978457-72CB-45E9-86C1-C234EC1C8D6C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Cerozodus ayalai
status

sp. nov.

Cerozodus ayalai View in CoL sp. nov.

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:32978457-72CB-45E9-86C1-C234EC1C8D6C

( Figs 13–16 View FIGURE 13 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 , 23 View FIGURE 23 )

Diagnosis. Face yellowish white pruinose; mystacal macrosetae yellowish with some brown macrosetae dorsally ( Fig. 13C–D View FIGURE 13 ); scape and pedicel dark yellow; postpedicel conical, dark brown; second article of stylus with a rounded lobe on basal half ( Fig. 14A–B View FIGURE 14 ); legs yellow ( Fig. 13A View FIGURE 13 ); abdomen yellowish brown ( Fig. 13A–B View FIGURE 13 ); terminalia reddish yellow ( Fig. 14E–G View FIGURE 14 ); epandrial arms curving abruptly apically ( Figs 15B–C,15G–H View FIGURE 15 ) with a small rounded projection internally sub-apically ( Figs 15C, 15H View FIGURE 15 ); gonocoxite rounded and inwardly curved apically with a very short conic projection sub-apically on external margin ( Fig. 16B–C View FIGURE 16 ) and with a triangular indentation sub-apically ventrally ( Figs 16A, 16D–E View FIGURE 16 ); gonostylus broad medially with a slight concavity on dorsal apex ( Fig. 16F View FIGURE 16 ).

Description. Holotype male ( Figs 13–16 View FIGURE 13 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 ). Head ( Fig. 13C–D View FIGURE 13 ): eyes black; face yellowish white pruinose becoming whitish at lower facial margin and lower parafacial area; mystacal macrosetae and setae yellowish with four dark brown macrosetae dorsally; subvibrissal setae pale yellowish; gena black, whitish pruinose; palpus yellow, light brown apically, whitish setose ventrally and with some dark brown setae apically and 2–3 yellowish macrosetae apically; proboscis black, dark yellow basally, labial setae yellowish and proboscial setae whitish; frons golden brownish yellow pruinose, whitish on antennal socket; orbital setae brown dorsally and white ventrally; ocellar tubercle black, golden brown pruinose with one pair of proclinate, dark brown setae; vertex golden brownish yellow pruinose with sparse yellow setae on posterior half; occiput whitish pruinose; 10–11 yellowish postocular macrosetae; occipital and lower occipital setae white. Antenna ( Fig. 14A–B View FIGURE 14 ): scape and pedicel dark yellow, sparsely yellowish pruinose; scape yellowish setose ventrally and dark brown dorsally; pedicel with dark brown setae; postpedicel slightly shorter than scape, conical in anterior view, dark brown with dark golden brown pruinosity, and with five yellowish setae on dorsal margin sub-basally; stylus dark reddish brown becoming dark yellow towards apex, first article tubular and short; second article with a rounded lamellar projection ventrally directed on basal third, slightly larger than postpedicel, remainder of article thin, only slightly enlarged sub-apically and tapering distally, tip dark yellow.

Thorax ( Figs 13A–B View FIGURE 13 , 14D View FIGURE 14 ): brown; antepronotum golden brownish yellow pruinose dorsally and greyish brown laterally; scutum with median stripe, pre and post-sutural spots and prescutellar spots brown pruinose; paramedian stripes dark brown, almost black pruinose; postpronotal lobe and area between pre and postsutural spots, transverse suture and lateral margins of scutum brownish yellow pruinose; posterior margin of scutum and postalar callus greyish brown pruinose; scutellum greyish pruinose ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ); pleura greyish pruinose, except for a small brownish yellow spot dorsally on anepisternum. Chaetotaxy: antepronotal macrosetae yellowish and setae whitish; 2 notopleural (1 yellow on right side of the body); 1 supra alar; 1 postalar and 3 pairs of dorsocentral black macrosetae; scutum with short black acrostichal setae and thin whitish setae above wing insertion; scutellum with short, sparse, yellowish white discal scutellar setae (2 brown setae mixed) ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ); katatergite with yellow macrosetae and whitish setae; anepisternum dorsally with short black setae before wing insertion and a few whitish setae posteroventrally; proepisternum whitish setose; remainder of pleura with a few scattered, thin, whitish setae.

Wings ( Fig. 14C View FIGURE 14 ): translucent; veins dark reddish brown, dark yellow at base and at mid portion of vein R 1; bifurcation of R 4 and R 5 beyond discal cell at a distance equivalent to the length of one crossvein r-m; crossvein r-m slightly after middle of discal cell; m3 and cua closed before wing margin. Halteres: pale yellow.

Legs ( Fig. 13A View FIGURE 13 ): yellow, except femora anterodorsally and dorsally slightly reddish, apex of hind tibia reddish, fore and mid tarsi with apices of tarsomeres reddish, hind tarsus reddish, and tarsi with last tarsomeres dark reddish brown becoming black apically; coxae greyish pruinose. Chaetotaxy: coxae with whitish macrosetae and setae; hind trochanter with 2 lateral and 3 posteroventral yellowish white macrosetae; fore femur with 5–6 ventral white macrosetae; mid femur with 5–6 ventral white macrosetae, 4 anteroventral (inner one yellow), 3 anterior, 1 posterodorsal apical black macrosetae and 1 posterodorsal yellowish macrosetae; hind femur with 5–6 anteroventral, 2 anterodorsal, 1 pair dorsal preapical, and 1 pair of posterodorsal apical black macrosetae, 1 posteroventral and 3 ventral yellowish macrosetae, fore and mid femora with anterior and dorsal setae black, other setae yellowish, hind femur with only a few black setae dorsally at apex; tibiae with black macrosetae and short white setae, anterodorsally with black setae; tarsi with black macrosetae and setae except for a few sparse whitish setae on first tarsomere of fore tarsus; brush setae whitish to golden yellow; pulvilli pale yellow; empodium dark reddish; claws black, except basal extremity dark reddish yellow.

Abdomen ( Fig. 13A–B View FIGURE 13 ): yellowish brown, T1 dark brown to black on anterior half; tergites yellowish pruinose, whitish laterally; T1 with a bunch of yellowish lateral marginal macrosetae and setae and yellow setae dorsally at posterior margin; T2–T4 with 5–6 and T5–T7 with 4–5 lateral marginal yellowish macrosetae; T8 with 4–5 black lateral marginal macrosetae, other setae yellowish; T2–6 with short mid-dorsal dark brown setae and laterally with short yellowish setae, T7 and T8 with only short yellowish setae; sternites yellowish brown and whitish pruinose with short, sparse yellowish and whitish setae.

Terminalia ( Figs 14E–G View FIGURE 14 , 15–16 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 ): reddish yellow, except epandrium dorsolaterally and anteriorly slightly darker ( Fig. 14E–F View FIGURE 14 ); yellowish setose, except epandrium dorsally with short black setae, and sub-apically, laterally and ventrally with long black setae ( Fig. 14E–G View FIGURE 14 ); hypandrium with 7–8 whitish to yellowish macrosetae at posterior margin laterally to mid-posterior projection ( Fig. 14G View FIGURE 14 ); hypandrium rectangular with a tongue-like projection at mid-posterior margin, bifid apically ( Fig. 15D View FIGURE 15 ); epandrial arms diminishing and abruptly inwardly curved apically, forming a slight concavity sub-apically ( Figs 15B–C, 15G–H View FIGURE 15 ), rounded in lateral view ( Figs 15A, 15I View FIGURE 15 ), and with a small rounded projection internally, sub-apically ( Figs 15C, 15H View FIGURE 15 ); cercus conical; subepandrial sclerite conical, flat in lateral view, with a small triangular projection at base laterally ( Fig. 16H–I View FIGURE 16 ); gonocoxite rounded and inwardly curved apically with a very short conic projection on external margin sub-apically ( Fig. 16B–C View FIGURE 16 ) and with a triangular indentation ventrally, sub-apically ( Figs 16A, 16D–E View FIGURE 16 ); gonostylus broad medially with a slight concavity on dorsal apex bearing a minute conic projection on external margin sub-apically, and with a short, comma-like projection mid-ventrally, sparsely covered with short setae dorsally ( Fig. 16F View FIGURE 16 ); ejaculatory apodeme short and broad proximally ( Fig. 16G View FIGURE 16 ).

Length. Body: 14.6 mm; wing: 8.3 mm.

Holotype condition. Right hind tarsus broken and held by setae from fore and mid legs ( Fig. 13A View FIGURE 13 ); terminalia dissected and placed in microvial with glycerine and pinned with the specimen.

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Face golden yellow pruinose; mystax with 5 dorsal dark brown macrosetae; ocellar tubercle with only a single ocellar seta; scape with some ventral black setae mixed with other yellowish setae; stylus entirely black; subvibrissal setae black; postocular setae black internally; hind femur and tarsus slightly darker; epandrium black anteriorly and dorsolaterally; terminalia reddish brown to dark brown; epandrium with reddish brown apex.

Etymology. ayalai , name in honor of Venezuelan Asilid researcher Jose Manuel Ayala-Landa.

Distribution. Brazil (Maranhão and Tocantins) ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 ).

Material examined. Holotype. BRASIL: TO[cantins]: Brejinho de Nazaré [11°01′07″S 48°34′09″W], Rio Crixás—Floresta Ciliar — LIV Arm.[adilha] Malaise, 29.viii–15.ix.1998, Tozoni, S.H.S. & col.[etores] BIOTA-FAPESP ( Fig. 13A View FIGURE 13 [insert]) (♂ MZUSP) GoogleMaps . Paratypes. BRASIL, MA[ranhão], Mirador , Parque Est.[adual] Mirador , Base da Geraldina [06°37′25″S, 45°52′08″W] / Armadilha Malaise 22–26.x.2006, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira (1 ♂ INPA); GoogleMaps Same data, 28.ix–02.x.2006 (1 ♂ CZMA); GoogleMaps Brasil: TO[cantins]: Lizarda, Cerrado pr. Testa Branca, 09°29′25.9″S 46°35′06.1″W, 22.ix–05.x.2006, Silva, R. R. & Feitosa, R.S.M., cols (1 ♂ MZUSP) GoogleMaps .

LIV

World Museum Liverpool

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

SubFamily

Asilinae

Genus

Cerozodus

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF