Ceratoculicoides sp. F 2

Figs 6b, 12e

Diagnosis

Male

Currently unknown.

Female

Only species of Ceratoculicoides with the following combination of characters: femora brown, tibiae yellow, wing length ~ 0.9–1.1 mm; 2 major spermathecae, largest 70–75; medial margin of 9 th sternite deeply concave.

Material examined

COLOMBIA • 1 ♀; Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park, El Ramo; 10.8° N, 73.65° W; 15 Oct.–1 Nov. 2000; J. Cantillo leg.; CNCI • 1 ♀; Vichada, PNN Tuparro, Bosque Sabana; 5.35° N, 67.85° W; 29 Nov.–8 Dec. 2000; W. Villalba leg.; CNCI.

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS (n = 2): Head width 265–284; flagellomeres 25–31, 16–18, 19–22, 22, 23, 26–27, 26– 31, 26–32, 36–40, 42–47, 45–46, 42–47, 49–53; AR 1.13–1.17; FR 1.5–1.55; wing length 947–1043; wing width 368–388; costal ratio 0.57–0.58; spermathecal length 70–75; spermathecal width 65–72; spermathecal neck 14–16; spermatheca/neck ratio 0.2–0.21.

THORAX. Legs with femora brown, tibiae yellow.

GENITALIA (Fig. 12e). 9 th sternite anterior branch apex broadly rounded, touching medially; posterior branch rounded, nearly as wide as anterior branch, tip not tapering, rounded. 2 major spermathecae.

Distribution

Magdalena, Vichada (Colombia) (Fig. 13).

Remarks

Major spermathecae with a length between 70 and 80 μm are found only in this species and C.aliciae. Ceratoculicoides sp. F 2 differs from that species in the posterior branch of the 9 th sternite being obtusely rounded (Fig. 12e), vs acutely pointed in C.aliciae (Fig. 11a).