Published April 26, 2022 | Version v1
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Heteroberdeniella Wagner & Andrade & Gonçalves 2022, gen. nov.

  • 1. University of Kassel, FB 10, Biology-Zoology, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D- 34132 Kassel, Germany & Parkstrasse 65, D- 36110 Schlitz, Germany.
  • 2. Rua Calouste Gulbenkian 237 4 H 3, 4050 - 145 Porto, Portugal.
  • 3. Graduate Program in Entomology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Avenida André Araújo, 2223, Bairro Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil CEP 69.067 - 375.

Description

Heteroberdeniella gen. nov.

Diagnosis: A genus of the tribe Pericomaini, head with eye bridge of 4 facets, distance between eyes 3–4 facet diameters; antenna with scape, pedicel and 14 barrel-shaped flagellomeres; head and thorax without scent or ornamental organs; wing tip between R 4 and R 5; terminalia with tubular gonocoxites, gonostyli slightly bent, abruptly thinner in distal half, epandrium rectangular with a pair of pseudospiracular openings, epandrial appendages with two large unequally sized tenacula arranged in line; aedeagus with dorsoventrally flattened ejaculatory apodeme; apical part of ejaculatory apodeme and gonocoxal bridge connected by a V-shaped sclerite with ball-and-socket articulation.

Type-species: Heteroberdeniella jaramensis (Wagner), comb. nov.

Species included: Heteroberdeniella guadarramica spec. nov.

Etymology: Hetero (gr.) for other, unlike, dissimilar and Berdeniella.

Notes

Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2022, Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Portugal with descriptions of a new genus new species and additions to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 37-59 in Zootaxa 5129 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6488081

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Biodiversity

Family
Psychodidae
Genus
Heteroberdeniella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wagner & Andrade & Gonçalves
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Heteroberdeniella Wagner, Andrade & Gonçalves, 2022