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Zadbimyia costaricensis Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2014, sp. n.

Description

Zadbimyia costaricensis sp. n.

Fig. 4 A–D

Diagnosis. This is the only species of Zadbimyia whose parameres have one pair of large, apically curved, movable processes, smooth lateral shoulders, and a seemingly two-pointed apex (Fig. 4 B). See Z. browni (Fig. 5 B) and Z. artborkenti (Fig. 6 D) for two species with similar paramere processes.

Other male characters. Body length 2.0 mm. Head. Eye slightly narrowed ventrally, eye bridge 10–11 ommatidia long dorsally. Scape length 1.8 × pedicel length. With 20 flagellomeres. Fourth flagellomere (Fig. 4 D): neck length 0.4 × node length, neck completely covered with microtrichia. Palpus with 2–3 segments, if 2- segmented apical segment markedly elongated. Thorax. Setae on both anepisternum and anepimeron sparse. Legs. Claws with tiny ancillary tooth subapically. Terminalia. Gonocoxites (Fig. 4 C): ventral emargination large, broadly V-shaped, antGA thick. Gonostylus large in relation to gonocoxite, evenly curved, excavated dorsomedially (Fig. 4 C). Ejaculatory apodeme as long as parameres, slightly broadened toward apex, ducts of accessory glands indistinct (Fig. 4 B).

Etymology. The name costaricensis is a Latin adjective referring to the occurrence of this species in Costa Rica.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, San José province, Moravia, Zurquí de Moravia, 1600 m, 17–23 Nov. 2012, emergence trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #248, INBio #105456). Paratypes. 1 male, same locality as the holotype, 22 Sep. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #47, INBio #105060); 1 male, same locality, 23 Sep. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #38, INBio #105052); 1 male, same locality, 24 Sep. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #53, INBio #105066); 2 males, same locality, 22 Oct. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #163, INBio #105272).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 3866 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/287158

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Cecidomyiidae
Genus
Zadbimyia
Species
costaricensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Zadbimyia costaricensis Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2014