Macrostomus paraiba Rafael & Cumming 2015
Creators: name: Sena, Jasmine Déa Nogueira
name: Rafael, José Albertino
name: Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Macrostomus
Macrostomus paraiba

description: Macrostomus paraiba Rafael & Cumming
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(Figs 22–41)
Macrostomus paraiba Rafael & Cumming, 2015: 115 (description, species-group).
Diagnosis. Predominantly light brown to black specimens (Fig. 22). Head (Figs 23, 24) with frons and face shiny black. Thorax with 4 dorsocentral setae. Wing (Fig. 25) almost hyaline, except distal 1 / 5 of cell r 2+3, including distal pterostigma and ¼ of cell r 4+5, brown. Tergite 8 with rectangular sinuosities distally and basally (Fig. 27); sternite 8 with deep V-shaped sinus in basal margin (Fig. 28). Male terminalia (Figs 26–36), with posterior cercus vertically elongated, with basal projection with stout, long setae and pair of thin, elongated subdistal projections (Figs 29, 31, 32). Hypandrium with subdistal protuberance in posterior margin and apex with a pair of slightly sclerotized and outwardly curved projections in posterior view (Figs 35, 36). Female with pennate setae dorsally and ventrally on the hind tibia (Fig. 37). Female terminalia (Figs 38–41) brown to black, tergite and sternite 8 almost same, with a pair of lateromedian depressions on sternite 8. Genital fork (Fig. 41) subtriangular, small, without lateral arms; membranous genital chamber with a pair of sclerotinized spots.
Material examined. Brazil, MA [= Maranhão], C.[=Centro] N. [=Novo] [do] Maranhão, REBIO-Res. [=Reserva] Biol. [=Biológica] [do] Gurupi, 03°14'01"S- 46°40'52"W \ Armadilha MALAISE (Grande), 20– 31.xii.2021, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A. Tôrres & E.S. Pessoa, cols [=collectors] / PROTAX\ FLO 6611; idem \ 1–14.ii.2022, idem \ FLO 6610 (left wing lost, terminalia in microtube) (1♂, MNRJ); idem \ 1–10.i.2022, idem \ FLO 6599 (terminalia in microtube) (1♂, CZMA); idem \ 10–20.i.2022, idem \ FLO 7520 (left wing, hind leg and terminalia in microtube) (1♀, CZMA); idem \ FLO 6598 (wings and terminalia in microtube) (1♂, CZMA); idem \ FLO 6600 (1♂, MPEG); idem \ 15–31.iii.2022, idem \ FLO 5577(1♀, CZMA); idem, C. [=Cândido] Mendes, Fazenda 7 Irmãos, 01°52'06"S- 45°45'59.7"W \ Armadilha MALAISE, 1–15.iv.2019, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D. Limeira & J.S. Brito, cols [=collectors] \ FLO 8385 (1♂, CZMA); idem \ 15–31.iii.2019, idem \ FLO 6601 (1♀, MZUSP); idem \ FLO 6612 (1♂, CZMA).
Variation. Male (n=6): body length 3.0– 3.7 mm, wing length 2.6–2.9 mm. Specimens light brown; legs slightly more whitish or light yellow. Thorax with 3–4 dorsocentral setae.
Geographical records. BRAZIL (Maranhão (new record), Paraíba).
Seasonal record. From December to April.
Bionomic. Atlantic Forest and Amazon Biome (new record).
Remarks. This is the only species that has previously been recorded for the Brazilian Northeast, in the Atlantic Forest. Macrostomus paraiba Rafael & Cumming was collected in Cândido Mendes (December to April) and Centro Novo do Maranhão (March to April).
description: Published as part of Sena, Jasmine Déa Nogueira, Rafael, José Albertino & Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco, 2024, Four new species and new records of Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera: Empididae) from Northern and Northeastern Regions of Brazil, pp. 25-51 in Zootaxa 5492 (1) on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13211957