Neopleurophora platypyga, Ament & Amorim, 2013

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species, Zootaxa 3657 (1), pp. 1-93 : 63-65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5267074
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287F2-FFE2-FFCD-FF42-22CCCF4FD47F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neopleurophora platypyga
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neopleurophora platypyga View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 152–155 View FIGURES 152–155 , 194 View FIGURES 160–195 , 232 View FIGURES 196–233 , 324–325 View FIGURES 324–327 )

Diagnosis (males). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, with an apical ventrally curved, flat projection, rounded at posterior apex, pointed at anterior apex; hypandrium left lobe with serrated dorsal margin.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Amazonas : PNN Amacayacu Matamata, 3.82ºS, 70.26ºW, 12–19.vii.2000, Malaise trap, 150 m, A. Parente col. ( IAVH) GoogleMaps . Paratype: COLOMBIA: 1♂, Vaupés: Est. Biol. Mosiro-Ijaura (Caparú) Igapo , 1.07ºN, 69.52ºW, 7–22.ix.2002, Malaise trap, 60 m, L. Benavides col. ( LACM) GoogleMaps .

Description. Male. Body length, 2.6 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, with anterior edge yellow, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown; 1–2 upper genal and one lower genal seta. Thorax. Scutum and pleural sclerites yellowishbrown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas light brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Forefemur with ventral row of four strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 5.2. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and one posterodorsal seta at basal third ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 160–195 ). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.43), without ventral strong setae. Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and four posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 232 View FIGURES 196–233 ). Wing. Costa 0.46 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellowish-brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with yellow posterior band, except tergite 1, almost entirely yellow. Hypopygium yellowish-brown ( Figs. 152–155 View FIGURES 152–155 ). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, dorsally rounded, with apical, ventrally curved flat projection, rounded at posterior apex, pointed at anterior apex. Epandrial right posterior margin without projections, apparently without subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium left lobe large, with dorsal, serrated margin; right lobe shorter, rectangular. Hypoproct with three setae. Phallus ( Figs. 324–325 View FIGURES 324–327 ). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate flattened, bilobed. Epiphallus with transparent scales, connected to right arm at left lateral of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, bifurcated into the secondary scaled process connected to epiphallus and a ventral, elongated process.

Female. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. Known from western Colombia, in the Amazonian basin.

Etymology. The specific epithet platypyga refers to the flat projection at the apex of the epandrial medial process and is derived from the Greek roots platys (flat) and pyge (rump, buttocks).

Comments. Even though N. platypyga shares with N. dicrodrilus a left hypandrial lobe with serrated dorsal margin, their affinity is contentious. N. platypyga does not have a bifurcated medial epandrial process neither many setae on hind tibia, as happens with N. dicrodrilus . These characters are highly variable in the genus, and the apomorphic or plesiomorphic condition at this level cannot be confidently inferred.