Fannia kabekwa Grisales & De Carvalho 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Grisales, Diana
name: De Carvalho, Claudio J. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Fanniidae
Fannia
Fannia kabekwa

description: Fannia kabekwa sp. nov.
(Figs. 1G, 3 G–I, 5G, 6G, 8G)
Diagnosis. Fore tibia with modified apical ventral seta; fore tarsomeres 3–5 slightly flattened; mid tibia with one modified posteroventral seta; hind coxa bare on posterior margin; hind femur strongly curved on ventral surface.
Description. Holotype male (Fig. 1G)
Head: eye setulose. Frontal vitta dark brown. 18 fr. 1 pair of oc, proclinate and developed, surrounded by 5 setulae. Parafacial bare, silver and golden pollinosity, gena black with brownish polinosity. Scape black, 2 dorsal setae. Pedicel black with strong and short setae. Postpedicel dark brown, golden hairy, 2 times the length of pedicel. Arista dark brown, with short pubescence, rays shorter than width of base of arista. Palpus dark brown, right.
Thorax: dark brown; scutum without vittae. Acr 2–3:3, irregular rows. Dc 2:3. Pprn 3, developed and surrounded by setulae. Pra 2. Proepimeron setulose. Katespisternum setulose ventrally, long setulae.
Wing: brownish, with superior third, between C vein and superior half of vein R 2+3 darkened. Calypter whitish, outer margin yellowish. Haltere brownish.
Legs: coxae, femora and tibia brown; tarsi brown, pulvilli yellowish. Fore femur 1 row of pd, p and pv surface setulose, with thin and long setae. Fore tibia with 1 apical and modified v (Fig. 3G) and 1 short; 2 short pd on basal half. Fore tarsus with tarsomeres slightly flattened (Fig. 3H). Mid femur setulose on p surface, short setae; 1 row of unequal av, long on basal half and shorter on apical half; 2 rows of long pv and v, a few short apical hooked setae on v surface. Mid tibia constricted on v surface on basal half and highly setulose on apical half, 1 strong and long apical setae; 1 long sub–median a; 2 apical av; 1 pre–apical ad; 1 sub–median and 1 pre–apical p; 1 modified (truncated) pv. Hind coxa without setulae on posterior margin. Hind femur curved with pre–apical swelling on v surface, tuft of long and curved setae on the swelling (Fig. 3I); conspicuous swelling on p surface with tuft of straight setae shorter than on v surface. Hind tibia with 1 median and 1 pre–apical d; 1 sub–median ad; 1 row of 5 av and 1 apical; 1 apical v.
Abdomen: dark brown, elongated. Sternite 1 setulose. Sternite 5 (Fig. 5G). Terminalia (Fig. 6G): epandrium longer than wide, on basal half with long but fine setae; surstylus strong, broad on base and the apex strongly hooked, articulated with epandrium and with short setae; cercal plate pointed on apex, plate fusioned until basal third, setulose apically; baciliform process small, spiral and simple.
Female: unknown.
Biology. Label information indicates that this species occurs in highland forests of Costa Rica, above 2600 m. Nothing else is known about its habits or biology.
Etymology. Name in apposition. The species epithet refers to the Kabekwa indigenous people, who once inhabited the provinces of Cartago and Limón.
Type material. Holotype male (INBio). COSTA RICA: Prov. Limón: Cerros / Tararia. 2659m. 23– 25.ABR.1997 \ R. Villalobos \L_S344600_576700. #46221/ INBIO CRI002 504535. Paratype. COSTA RICA. Cartago: Rio Macho, La \ Esperanza del Guarco. 3 Km carret.\ Interam (KM61). Camino ICE 2750m \ 1–2 JUN 1998. M.A. Zumbado \ LN_185000_550700 #50734 (1 male, INBio).
Distribution. Costa Rica: Provinces of Limón and Cartago (Fig. 8G).
description: Published as part of Grisales, Diana & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2019, Highland biodiversity of Fanniidae (Insecta, Diptera): fourteen new species from the Andes and Central America, pp. 330-360 in Zootaxa 4551 (3) on pages 343-344, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2622947