Stomopogon nigrisquama Fogaça & Gomes & Couri & Rodríguez-Fernandez & De Carvalho 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fogaça, João M.
name: Gomes, Lucas R. P.
name: Couri, Márcia S.
name: Rodríguez-Fernandez, Jaime I.
name: De Carvalho, Claudio J. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Stomopogon
Stomopogon nigrisquama

description: Stomopogon nigrisquama sp. nov.
(Figs 2 C–D, 4D–F, 6E–F, 8A–B, 23A–E, 24A–E)
Type-material examined. Holotype. Male: “ PERU: Cuzco: Est. Biol. \ Wayqecha, jct. Trochas \ Schefflera & Picaflor, \ Malaise trap, WP 583, \ 13.17385 º S 71.58808 º \ W, 2905m, 1- 12 Jun \ 2012, A. Norrbom, B. \ D. Sutton, B. Luz Puma & C. Quispe [white, printed label]” “ Holotype ” [red, printed label] (USNM) (Fig. 23E). Paratypes 11♁♁ 38♀♀. “ PERU: Cuzco: Est. Biol. \ Wayqecha, jct. Trochas \ Schefflera & Picaflor, \ Malaise trap, WP 583, \ 13.17385 º S 71.58808 º \ W, 2905m, 1-12 Jun \ 2012, A. Norrbom, B. \ D. Sutton, B. Luz Puma & C. Quispe [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 2♁♁ 7♀♀ (USNM); “ PERU: Cuzco: Est. Biol. \ Wayqecha, jct. Trochas \ Schefflera & Picaflor, \ Malaise trap, WP 583, \ 13.17385 º S 71.58808 º W \, 2905m, 1-12 Jun 2012 \, A. L. Norrbom, B. D. Sutton, B. Luz Puma & \ C. Quispe [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 4♁♁ 8♀♀ (USNM, DZUP); “ PERU: Cuzco: Est. Biol. \ Wayqecha, cabins area \ Malaise trap, WP 511, \ 13.58707 º S \ 71.58707 W, 2924 m, 1- \ 12 Jun 2012, A. L. \ Norrbom, B. D. Sutton, \ B. Luz Puma \ & C. Quispe [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 1♁ 2♀♀ (USNM); “ PERU: Cuzco: Estacion \ Biologica Villa Carmen, \ Trail 8 mark 8-1654, \ 12’5409’’ S 71’2431’’W \ 707 m trap VC-ML-14, \ 27 Nov 2012 - 20 Jan \ 2013, A. L. Norrbom, E. \ Rodriguez, G. J. Steck, B. D. Sutton [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 1♁ (USNM); “13056 - (EC) Zamora Chinchipe: San \ Francisco, Reserva Biológica San \ Francisco, trail Canal, 2000m, \ 03º58’30’’S 79º04’25’’W, 13/02/2009 - \ 18/02/2009 (WPT), leg. Marc Pollet & \ Anja De Braekeleer, sorted by Marc \ Pollet - sample code: EC/2009- \ 30/MP&ADB-008 [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 6♀♀ (USNM); 13136 - same label information, 25/02/2009 - 3/03/2009, 1♀ (USNM); 13095 - same label information, 18-25/02/2009, 1♀ (USNM); “13102 - (EC) Zamora Chinchipe: San \ Francisco, Reserva Biológica San \ Francisco, trail Canal, 2000m, \ 03º58’30’’S 79º04’25’’W, 17-25/02/2009 (YPT), \ leg. M. Pollet & \ A. De Braekeleer, \ sorted by M. Pollet - sample code: \ EC/2009-33/MP&ADB-015 [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 3♀♀ (USNM); “13103 - (EC) Zamora Chinchipe: San \ Francisco, Reserva Biológica San Fran \ cisco, trail
Canal, 2000m, \ 03º58’30’’S 79º04’25’’W, 17-25/02/2009 (YPT), \ leg. M. Pollet & \ A. De Braekeleer, \ sorted by M. Pollet - sample code: \ EC/2009-33/MP&ADB-016 [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 1♁ 2♀♀ (MNRJ); 13093 - same label information, 18-25/02/2009, MP&ADB-006, 2♀♀ (USNM); 13061 - same label information, 14/02/2009 - 18/02/2009, MP&ADB-013, 1♀ (USNM); 13054 - same label information, 13/02/2009 18/02/2009, MP&ADB-006, 1♀ (USNM); 13142 - same label information, 25/ 02-3/03/2009, MP&ADB-014, 1♀ (USNM); 13144 - same label information, 25/ 02-3/03/2009, MP&ADB-016, 1♀ (USNM); “13060 - (EC) Zamora Chinchipe: San \ Francisco, Reserva Biológica San \ Francisco, trail Canal, 2000m, \ 03º58’30’’S 79º04’25’’W, 13/02/2009 - \ 18/02/2009 (BPT), leg. Marc Pollet & \ Anja De Braekeleer, sorted by Marc \ Pollet - sample code: EC/2009- \ 33/MP&ADB-012 [white, printed label]” “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 1♀ (USNM); 13099 - same label information, 18-25/02/2009, MP&ADB-012, 1♀ (MNRJ); 13140 - same label information, 25/ 02-3/03/2009, MP&ADB-012, 1♁ (MNRJ); “13096 - (EC) Zamora Chinchipe: San \ Francisco, Reserva Biológica San \ Francisco, trail Canal, 2000m, \ 03º58’30’’S 79º04’25’’W, 18/02/2009 - \ 25/02/2009 (RPT), leg. Marc Pollet & \Anja De Braekeleer sorted by Marc \ Pollet - sample code: EC/2009-33/MP&ADB-009 [white, printed label]”; “ Paratype ” [green, printed label], 1♀ (USNM).
Diagnosis. Stomopogon nigrisquama sp. nov. is the only species that has brown halter and dark calypter.
Etymology. The specific epithet, nigrisquama, refers to the brownish calypter.
Description
Holotype male. Length: Body: 2.5 mm. Wing: 2.6 mm.
Head (Fig. 23B). Frontal vitta, fronto-orbital plate, face, parafacial and gena silvery pruinose. Eye with small and sparse white cilia. Antenna dark brown; arista enlarged at base with hairs shorter than diameter of the base, apical third bare. 4 frontal setae, the second one shorter than the others and the last one reclinate; 1 proclinate orbital seta; 1 upper orbital seta; ocellar seta well developed; postocellar seta divergent with same ocellar seta length; inner vertical seta parallel subequal in length of ocellar seta. Proboscis shiny dark brown. Palpus dark brown.
Thorax. Grey, light brown pruinose. Acrostichal setae 3+5; 7 anepisternal setae.
Legs (Fig. 23A). Dark brown. Claws and pulvilli reduced. Fore femur with a complete pd and pv rows of setae. Fore tibia with 1 p median seta; preapical setae on d, p and pv. Mid femur with a series of long setae on a, av and pv; 1 preapical seta on p. Mid tibia with 1 p median seta; 1 apical setae on a, av, d, p, pd and v. Hind femur with a row of setae on a, ad, av, v and pv; 1 preapical seta on p. Hind tibia with many long fine setae on all surfaces, the 3 ad and 3 pd stronger than others; 1 preapical setae on a, ad, d, pd and v.
Abdomen (Fig. 23C). Dark brown, greyish pruinose; with a pair of brown spots on second to fourth visible tergites. Sternite 5 U-shaped, covered with curled and long setae in the apical half (Fig. 4D).
Terminalia (Fig. 4 E–F). Cercus longer than wide, apically medium bifurcate; surstylus covered with many short setae (Fig. 2D); hypandrium long tubular; phallapodeme more or less the same diameter in all extension and bigger than hypandrium; pregonite with 2 setulae (Fig. 2D) and longer than postgonite; postgonite with 4 setulae (Fig. 2D).
Female (Fig. 24 A–E). Length (n=16): Body: 3.0-3.5 mm; Wing: 2.7-3.3 mm. Similar to male, except for wing lighter; hind tibia with only 3 ad and 3 pd setae, 2 of them supramedian and one submedian.
Distribution. Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Cuzco).
description: Published as part of Fogaça, João M., Gomes, Lucas R. P., Couri, Márcia S., Rodríguez-Fernandez, Jaime I. & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2021, Neotropical Stomopogon (Diptera, Muscidae): new species, redescriptions and key to species, pp. 301-330 in Zootaxa 4903 (3) on pages 323-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4427746