Fannia yukpa 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 yukpa

description: Fannia yukpa sp. nov.
(Figs. 1N, 4 L–N, 5N, 7F, 8N)
Diagnosis. Wing brownish, without upper third darker, fore tarsomeres 3–5 flattened, mid tibia with apical modified setae (leaf–like) on pv surface, hind coxa setulose on posterior margin, hind femur slightly curved, anterior surface slightly setulose and posterior surface with a tuft of short setae on the posterior protuberance.
Description. Holotype male (Fig. 1N)
Head: eye densely setulose. Frontal vitta velvety black, pollinose. 15 fr. 1 pair of oc, proclinate and developed, surrounded by 5 less developed setulae. Fronto–orbital plate black, greyish pollinose. Parafacial bare, narrowing ventrally, greyish pollinose. Fronto–genal suture with brownish hairs. Gena brownish pollinose. Scape black, 3–4 short dorsal setae reaching pedicel. Pedicel black pollinose, dorsal setae developed, one of which is stronger. Postpedicel black, brownish pilose, 2 times the length of pedicel. Arista black, with short pubescence, rays shorter than width of base of arista. Palpus black, filiform.
Thorax: black; scutum without vittae. Acr 2:3–4, irregular rows. Dc 2:3. Pprn 4, developed. Pra 2, strong. Proepimeron setulose.
Wing: slightly brownish without upper third darker. Calypter whitish. Haltere brown with stem and base lighter in colour.
Legs: black with tarsi black and pulvilli brownish. Fore femur setulose on posterior surface with 1 row of long pv and d; ventral surface bare. Fore tibia with 1 pre–apical d; 1 apical pv; 1 apical v. Fore tarsus with 1 thin v on first tarsomere; tarsomeres 3–5 flattened (Fig. 4L). Mid femur slightly constricted on pre–apical ventral surface; 1 row of short ad with 4 developed setae on the apex; 1 row of strong av that decrease in length towards apex; 1 row of long pv with hooked apex, setae decrease in length towards apex; 1 row of weak p with 6 longer on apical third. Mid tibia on ventral surface with 2 pronounced constrictions on basal half area, densely setulose on through the surface; 1 developed pre–apical ad; 2 developed a on mid apical half and 1 apical; 1 developed apical av; 1 apical modified pv (leaflike) (Fig. 4M); 2 p. Hind coxa setulose on posterior margin. Hind femur on ventral surface with a slightly pre–apical protuberance; 1 row of ad, 4 stronger setae running towards dorsal surface (Fig. 4N); 1 row of longer curved av, that does not form a tuft on the pre–apical protuberance; anterior surface slightly setulose (Fig. 4N); posterior surface with a tuft of short setae on the posterior protuberance. Hind tibia with 1 developed median and 1 pre–apical d; 1 long and developed median ad; anterior surface with short setae along and 1 short apical; 2 strong median av, 1 apical.
Abdomen: elongate, black, greyish pollinose, developed setae. Sternite 1 densely setulose. Sternite 5 (Fig. 5N). Terminalia (Fig. 7F): epandrium wider than long; cercal plate elongated, with short weak setae along the plate, fusioned on basal third; surstylus strongly articulated with epandrium, broad at the base and thin at the apex, shaped like a foot, bacilliform process spiral and simple.
Female: unknown.
Biology. Label information indicates that this species is found on or near decomposing flesh (carcasses). It occurs from the Oriental Cordillera in Colombia to the Andean highlands of Ecuador (2300–2900 m). Nothing else is known about its habits or biology.
Comments. Fannia yukpa sp. nov. is similar to Fannia pijao Grisales, Wolff & Carvalho, 2012 and Fannia quimbaya Grisales, Wolff & Carvalho, 2012 from Colombia. Fannia yukpa sp. nov. differs due to its mid tibia with apically modified setae (leaflike) on pv surface.
Etymology. Name in apposition. The species epithet refers to the Yukpa indigenous people, of the Serranía del Perija, between Colombia and Venezuela.
Type material. Holotype male (ICN). COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca. Bogotá \ Sierras del Chicó \ T4 T 5 Mayo 15 /2007\ I. Morales \ ICN. Paratypes. COLOMBIA. Norte de Santander: Pamplona / Universidad de Pamplona. 2360 msnm\ En cerdo (forense). Jul–Ago /2006\ Leidy Ardila \ CEUA F14449 \ Local \ Alt. _\ Hosp: CPE\ Fech: 3–08– 06 \ Col: Leidy Ardila (1 male, CEUA). ECUADOR. Quito: Baeza /E. Papallacta / 2900m. I–71 / L. E. Peña col. (2 males, MZSP); Saraguro: Sur de Saraguro / 2900m./ XI–1970 / L. E. Peña leg. (1 male, MZSP).
The holotype is in good condition and has all structures.
Distribution. Colombia: departments of Cundinamarca and Norte de Santander (Oriental Cordillera, Andean region), Ecuador: province of Napo (Andean region), province of Loja (Saraguro Canton, Ecuadorian highlands) (Fig. 8N).
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 351-352, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2622947