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

Description

Zadbimyia marcoi sp. n.

Fig. 15 A–C

Diagnosis. In Z. marcoi the gonocoxites have an unusually large, evenly U-shaped ventral emargination (Fig. 15 A), and the ejaculatory apodeme has a short sclerotized point beyond the accessory gland ducts (Fig. 15 B).

Other male characters. Body length 1.6 mm. Head. Eye narrowed ventrally, eye bridge 10–11 ommatidia long dorsally. Scape twice as long as pedicel. With 18–21 flagellomeres. Fourth flagellomere (Fig. 15 C): neck length 0.4 × node length, neck with microtrichia basally, circumfilum unusually strongly sinuous. Palpus 4- segmented. Terminalia. Gonocoxites (Fig. 15 A): ventral emargination with pigmented collar. Gonostylus slender, evenly curved (Fig. 15 A). Ejaculatory apodeme longer than parameres (Fig. 15 B). Parameres (Fig. 15 B): basal portion subrectangular, apical portion short, tulip-shaped, 1 pair of processes each with 4–6 points, lateral shoulders (largely hidden behind the processes) pronounced.

Etymology. This species is named after Marco Moraga, an INBio-trained parataxonomist who has performed both field and laboratory work for the ZADBI project.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, San José province, Moravia, Zurquí de Moravia, 1600 m, 17 March 2013, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #567, INBio #106295). Paratypes. 2 males, same data as the holotype; 1 male, same locality, 24 Sep. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #53, INBio #105066); 1 male, same locality, 20 Oct. 2012, CDC light trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #152, INBio #105261).

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 pages 17-18, 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
marcoi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Zadbimyia marcoi Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2014