Drosophila (Sophophora) maya Heed and O’Grady, 2000: 98.

DIAGNOSIS: Acrostichals in 6 rows; carina narrow above, broadened at base; sex comb with ta1 having 3–5 teeth and ta2 having 2–4; ta1 1.5× length of ta2; surstylus with row of 7–9 prensisetae, inner “hook” short and blunt; posterior margin of hypandrium with small pair of raised, sclerotized lobes (height equal to width); anterior margin of hypandrium narrowed, flat. Oviscapt with small ovisensilla pegs; spermatheca unique in group: dome shaped, no apical indentation, basal sleeve very short (~1/4 length of capsule).

TYPE: Holotype, ♂ (point-mounted body): “ Cerro Monte Cristo, 7000′ [ft] 44.12 / Rep. de EL SALVADOR / Feb. 5, 1954 WB Heed / Genitalia on slide 44.12A / Holotype Drosophila maya Heed & O’Grady. In AMNH. The holotype had been dissected by Heed and genitalia slide mounted (Heed no. 44.12A). Slide: 44.12A, Monte Cristo, El Salvador, 7000′, pseudolike, W.B. Heed, 1954, from pinned fly / sex comb = 4/3, c[lasper] 8 teeth, p(enis) index = 10.2 / TYPE ♂ (all labels handwritten by Heed), CUIC 88673.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Three paratypes (each with blue PARATYPE label): 1♂ (pinned body), Rep. de Honduras / Monte Vyuca, 10 km NW Zamorano, 5000′ 49.22 / Mar. 1954 W.B. Heed. In AMNH. 1♀, 1♂ (pinned bodies): Rep. de EL SALVADOR / Cerro Monte Cristo 7000′ 44.12 / Feb. 6, 1954 WB Heed / Paratype Drosophila maya / ♀ dissection ASG19; ♂ ibid., with also labels handwritten by Heed “genitalia 44.12B, sex combs 4/3, 3/3” / ASG41. In AMNH (also slide mounted dissections: in CUIC, no number). GUATEMALA: Zacapa, 10 km N San Lorenzo, 2200 m., 8-10/XI/86, M. Sharkey, FIT [flight intercept trap]. In AMNH; dissected by D.G. (no. ASG02).

DISTRIBUTION: Reported by Heed and O’Grady (2000) from El Salvador and Honduras (above), with the new record reported here from Guatemala.

COMMENTS: Slide-mounted dissections of the male genitalia of the type (44.12A) and a paratype (44.12B), in the Heed material housed in the CUIC, have the hypandrium distorted by the weight of the coverslip. Regardless, the distinctive pair of small, paramedian lobes on the posterior margin of hypandrium, and the flat anterior margin are readily apparent. The proportions of the aedeagus and periphallic appendages also fully agree with the specimen from Guatemala. The slide mountant used by Heed, probably Hoyer’s, has darkened to a medium brown.