Paramonovius Li &amp; Yeates 2019, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Xuankun
name: Yeates, David K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Paramonovius
Paramonovius nightking

description: Genus <i>Paramonovius</i> gen. nov. http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4E3A2504-8599- 4322-8841-8D1217A566B7 Type Species. <i>Paramonovius nightking</i> sp.nov. (here designated). Diagnosis Medium-sized bombyliine (body length around 8–11 mm). Male eyes narrowly separated (Fig. 2e); female frons wide (Fig. 3c). Antennal flagellum one-segmented with apical stylus, subapex with 3–5 long hairs (Fig. 2c). Palpus short, one-segmented. Mouthparts long and slender, labellum thin and filiform (Fig. 2f). Scutum, scutellum, pleura and coxae densely clothed in hairs, except anepimeron, mero, laterotergite and mediotergite bare. Femora strong, with anterior blackish brown bristles. Claw and pulvillus enlarged, as long as distitarsus (Figs 2i and 3g). Wing with cell <i>r</i> <i> 5</i> widely open; cell <i>br</i> nearly as long as cell <i>bm</i>, crossvein <i>r-m</i> arising at base of cell <i>dm</i>; cell <i>cup</i> open; alula well developed (Fig. 2d). Abdomen broad and short. Tergites with median stripe consisting of dense, decumbent short white scales. Male genitalia enlarged, epandrium posterolateral corner with thick long hairs (Fig. 4d); hypandrium fused with gonocoxite; gonocoxite basal half wide and apical half abrupt narrowed (Fig. 4c); anterior arm of aedeagal sheath long and wide, extending beyond gonocoxal margin. Female sand chamber present, tergite 8 fused and sclerotized. Acanthophorite spines present. Genital fork strong and broad, enlarged basally. Sperm pump strong and of normal length; common and basal spermathecal duct normal; apical spermathecal duct short; spermatheca elongate, cylindrical with apex spherical (Fig. 4f). Description <b>Head</b>. Head wide and relatively short, covered in admixed hairs and scales. Eyes narrowly separated in male, widely separated in female. Male eyes separated by 0.5× width of ocellus, frons short (Fig. 2e). Female eyes widely separated, frons wide, around 3.0× as wide as ocellar tubercle (Fig. 3c). Posterior eye margin slightly sinuous. Antennal scape elongate, about 3.5× as long as wide; pedicel elongate, about 1.5× as long as wide; flagellum one-segmented with apical stylus, subapex with 3–5 long hairs (Fig. 2c). Palpus short, not extending beyond oral cavity, onesegmented, without palpal pit. Mouthparts long and slender, labellum thin and filiform (Fig. 2f). <b>Thorax</b>. Scutum and scutellum with pale pruinescence and covered with hairs and scales. Five notopleural setae present. Postalar callus setae absent. Pleura with thick pale pruinescence, anepisternum, katepisternum, katepimeron and coxae densely covered with long scales, but anepimeron, mero, laterotergite and mediotergite bare (Figs 2b and 3b). Femora strong, with anterior blackish brown bristles. Claw and pulvillus enlarged, as long as distitarsus (Figs 2i and 3g). Wing with cell <i>r</i> <i> 5</i> widely open; cell <i>br</i> nearly as long as cell <i>bm</i>, crossvein <i>r-m</i> arising base of cell <i>dm</i>; crossvein <i>m-m</i> much longer than crossvein <i>r-m</i>; cell <i>cup</i> open; alula well developed (Fig. 2d). <b>Abdomen</b>. Abdomen broad and short, tergites 3–7 compact, tergites 7–9 rotated, with epandrium and gonocoxite rotated 180°; tergites 2–6 with median stripe consisting of dense, decumbent short white scales. Male epandrium enlarged, nearly rectangular, anterior margin deeply concave, posterolateral corner with thick long hairs (Fig. 4d). Hypandrium fused with gonocoxite. Gonocoxite enlarged, basal half wide and apical half abruptly narrowed. Ejaculatory apodeme large (Fig. 4a,b); gonocoxal apodeme strong and pointed anteriorly; anterior arm of aedeagal sheath long and wide, extending beyond gonocoxal margin; lateral ejaculatory process strong; inner and outer apexes of gonocoxite sharp; gonostylus small and strongly incurved (Fig. 4c). Female sand chamber present. Tergite 8 fused and sclerotized. Around 30 acanthophorite spines present on each side. Genital fork strong and broad, enlarge basally. Sperm pump strong and about as long as basal spermathecal duct; common and basal spermathecal duct not elongate; apical spermathecal duct shorter than spermatheca; spermatheca elongate, cylindrical with apex spherical (Fig. 4f). <i>Etymology</i> This generic name is in honour of Dr. Sergei Jacques Paramonov for his significant contribution to Australian dipterology. <i>Included species</i> This genus is monotypic for <i>Paramonovius nightking</i> sp. nov.
description: Published as part of <i>Li, Xuankun &amp; Yeates, David K, 2019, A new genus and species of an unusual Australian winter bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) with discussion on its phylogenetic position, pp. 92-203 in Austral Entomology 58</i> on pages 94-96, DOI: 10.1111/aen.12361, http://zenodo.org/record/3265414