Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Kohler & Rafael 2016
Creators: name: Camargo, Alexssandro
name: Vieira, Rodrigo
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Leinendera
Leinendera achaeta

description: Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Köhler & Rafael, 2016
(Figs. 2–35)
Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Köhler & Rafael, 2016: 109, figs: 2–15.
Male diagnosis. Marginal scutellar macrosetae absent (Fig. 8); epandrium elongate, apical 1/3 triangular in lateral view (Figs. 12–15); gonocoxite with an indentation on apical third of the inner margin (Figs. 13, 14); hypandrium with distal margin straight, basal margin rounded (Fig. 16); gonostylus tapered and with rounded apex (Fig. 17); apex of subepandrial sclerite rounded (Fig. 18); ejaculatory apodeme narrow in lateral view (Fig. 19), aedeagal sheath subtriangular in lateral view (Fig. 19).
Female description (Figs. 20–35). Similar to male, face with yellowish brown pruinosity; mystacal macrosetae yellowish; abdomen reddish brown, lighter on sublateral sides of tergites 1–3; tergites 2–8 with a dark brown lateral stripe; mid posterior margin of tergites 1–7 with a dark brown band; silvery pruinosity present on tergite 1, anterior half and sides of tergite 2 and lateral posterior margin of tergites 3–6; tergites with short mid-dorsal setae brown, short lateral marginal setae yellow; lateral marginal macrosetae yellow; sternites yellow with yellow setae and pruinosity; lateral margin of tergites 1–3 with a dark brown stripe.
Terminalia (Figs. 28–34). Conical, dark reddish brown; tergite 8 with short brown and yellow setae and two yellow macrosetae on each side posterodorsally; tergite 9+10 and cercus yellow setose; sternite 8 triangular, yellow with three yellow macrosetae on each side basally and yellow setose (Fig. 31); opening of common duct narrow and junction of common duct and individual ducts broad (about two times the length of common duct opening), rhombus-like shaped; ejection apparatus with texture less evident, longitudinal striae slightly evident, without spines and narrowed basally (Figs. 32, 33); spermathecae trumpet-like with canaliculi (Figs. 32, 34).
Type material. Holotype: BRA[SIL], RS [Rio Grande do Sul], Santa Cruz do Sul, Premium 08/09, 21.02.2009, Armadilha de Malaise / N: 34378 L: 6 P: H: / Holotype Leinendera achaeta Vieira, Camargo, Köhler & Rafael sp. n. (♂ INPA). Paratypes: BRA[SIL], RS [Rio Grande do Sul], Lagoão, 08.03.2009, Armadilha de Malaise / N: 29577 L: 108 Lote álcool: 23120 P: H: / Paratype Leinendera achaeta Vieira, Camargo, Köhler & Rafael sp. n. (♂ CESC); BRA[SIL], RS [Rio Grande do Sul], Vera Cruz, CTA 28.11.2008, Armadilha de Malaise / N: 29657 L: 143 Lote álcool: 16444-15 P: H: / Paratype Leinendera achaeta Vieira, Camargo, Köhler & Rafael sp. n. (♂ CESC).
Additional Material examined. Brasilien, [BRASIL, Santa Catarina, Seara], Nova Teutônia, 27°11ʹS 52°23ʹW, 2.12.1944 300–500 m Fritz Plaumann (♀ MZUSP); same locality, xi.1952 (♂ MZUSP).
Distribution. Brazil: Santa Catarina (new record) and Rio Grande do Sul (Figs. 1, 35).
description: Published as part of Camargo, Alexssandro, Vieira, Rodrigo & Rafael, José Albertino, 2019, Revision of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with description of two new species, pp. 291-316 in Zootaxa 4657 (2) on page 293, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3769560