Fannia pijao Grisales, Wolff & De, 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Grisales, Diana
name: Wolff, Marta
name: De, Claudio J. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Fanniidae
Fannia
Fannia pijao

description: Fannia pijao sp. nov.
(Figs. 14, 15, 31, 49, 67, 85, 103, 121, 134)
Diagnosis. these characters apply only to the male sex. Scutum setulose; acr 0:0; dc 0:2; fore tarsus with tarsomeres 4 and 5 slightly flattened; hind femur on ventral surface weakly curved, dorsal surface with weak preapical protuberance; anteroventral surface with weak protuberance on apical half and 1 row of setae that increase in length progressively; set of v setae forming a weak tuft with av; posterior surface on basal third setulose bearing weak setae with hooked apices, apical third with row of more developed setae running towards posteroventral surface.
Description. Holotype male: body length 7 mm; wing length 5.75 mm.
Head (Fig. 14): eye densely setulose. Frontal vitta velvety brown. Interocular space ample, 0.15 mm. 23–24 fr. Ocellar triangle black; oc proclinate with 5 less developed setulae posteriorly. Poc parallel. Fronto-orbital plate and parafacial brown grey pollinose. Parafacial bare, narrowing on ventral third. Fronto-genal suture conspicuously brownish pollinose. Gena grey. Scape dark brown, 3 short setae reaching the pedicel. Pedicel dark brown, with dorsal setae short. Postpedicel golden-brownish pilose, 2.3 times the length of pedicel. Arista brown, pubescent. Palpus brown, claviform and long, with apex concave.
Thorax: dark brown; scutum without vittae. Acr 0:0, with ground setulae along acr; pre-scutellar setae weakly developed. Dc 0:2, ground setulae along dc row (Fig. 15). Two differentiated pprn. One developed ia. Two pra, longer seta near suture. One differentiated prepm. Pre-basal scutellar area setulose. Subapical scutellar setae absent. Discal scutellar setae absent. One row of lateral scutellar setae.
Wing: brown, with the upper third, between C and R2+3 veins, darker. Calypters brownish with margins slightly darker. Haltere brown with base yellowish and stem brownish.
Legs: dark brown, with apex of femur and tibiae slightly yellowish, pulvilli yellowish. Fore femur with 1 row of long d with straight apices; ventral surface bare; 1 row of long pv, setae on apical half longer; posterior surface densely setulose, bearing long and weak setae with curved apices. Fore tibia with 1 pre-apical d; 1 ad on edge of apical third; 1 apical v; 1 pre-apical pv; 1 p on edge of apical third. Fore tarsus with strong v setae followed by 1 thin seta on first tarsomere; tarsomeres 4 and 5 slightly flattened. Mid femur with a weak constriction on pre-apical ventral surface; 1 row of ad, long and developed on pre-apex;1 row of av that increase in length towards apex, then decrease in length on apical half where they have hooked apices; 1 row of v with hooked apices; 1 row of developed pv with hooked apices, pv on apical third short and forming a small ctenidium; 1 row of weak, long p with curved apices, on apical third with longer setae with straight apices running towards posteriodorsal surface. Mid tibia on ventral surface on basal third with a weak constriction, dorsal surface densely setulose on apical half, 1 long apical v; 1 sub-median ad and 1 developed pre-apical d; 1 short pre-apical and 1 long apical a; 1 long apical av; 1 median p and 1 on edge of apical third; 1 short pre-apical pd; 1 apical pv. Mid tarsus with 2 strong v on fore tarsomere. Hind coxa on posterior margin bare. Hind femur on ventral surface weakly curved; dorsal surface with weak pre-apical protuberance; anteroventral surface with weak protuberance on apical half, 1 row of av that increase in length progressively (Fig. 31), on apical third with 1 row of weak setae which end with a developed seta; ventral surface with a set of setae forming a small tuft with the av; 1 row of ad that increase in length and run towards dorsal surface; posterior surface on basal third setulose, bearing weak setae with hooked apices, apical third with 1 row of more developed setae going towards posteroventral surface (Fig. 49). Hind tibia on dorsal surface curved, 1 median and 1 pre-apical d developed; 1 sub-median ad and 1 row of long d on basal half; 1 short pre-apical a; 2 median a and 1 apical v (Fig. 31); 1 apical pv.
Abdomen: elongate, in general with developed setae which are not differentiated from the ground setulae, brown and pollinose. Syntergite 1+2, tergites 3 and 4 translucent-brown, with central vitta dark brown. Syntergite 1+2 with a set of lateral basal long setae. Sternite 1 densely setulose. Sternite 5 as in Fig. 67. Terminalia (Figs. 85, 103): epandrium wider than long with two median sclerotized and pointed projections, basal half with large amounts of thin setae, not very long; cercal plate sclerotized and weakly divided basally, elongate apically and with short setae; surstylus laterally articulated with epandrium, without basal sclerotized projections, apical half slender, curved and with short setae; bacilliform process absent; hypandrium and associated structures as in Fig. 121.
Variation: fronto-orbital plate greyish pollinose; parafacial brownish pollinose; legs completely dark brown; fore tarsus with tarsomeres not modified.
Female: similar to male except: body length 5.5– 6 mm; wing length 5.5–5.7 mm. Setae in general less developed. Eye with smaller and sparse setulae. Interocular space ample, 0.6 mm. 11 fr, with 1–2 pairs slightly more developed. Interfrontal setae 2. Ocellar triangle grey. Parafacial greyish and brownish pollinose. Lunule brown. Scape with two setae. Thorax with 2–3 pra, longer seta near the suture. Differentiated proepimeral setae 2. Wing paler, but with upper third as in male. Calypters yellowish with margin darker. Haltere with base brown and stem yellowish. Fore leg with 1 row of long pv; posterior surface with setae, not densely setulose. Fore tarsus with tarsomere 5 slightly flattened. Mid femur with weak constriction on pre-apical ventral surface; anteroventral surface without differentiated setae; ventral surface without row of setae; 1 row of weak, long and uniform pv; mid tibia on ventral surface without constriction and weakly setulose; 1 median and 1 pre-apical developed ad; 2 median p or 1 median p and 2 extra on apical third. Hind femur more widened than in male; ventral surface with ground setulae up to basal half, not forming a tuft; posterior surface without differentiated setae. Hind tibia with 1 row of short ad on basal half. Abdomen completely dark brown. Sternites weakly setulose. Terminalia (Fig. 134): cercus narrower and long than hypoproct, with long setae on apex; hypoproct more or less triangular and with short and sinuous setae; sternite 8 reduced to two membranous plates with short and curved setae and a long seta, two large more sclerotized and bare basal plates, near sternite 7; sternites 7 and 6 sub equal in size, wider than long and with long apical setae. Spermathecae 3, semicircular, one smaller than the others (Fig. 134).
Biology. according to label data, Fannia pijao sp. nov. is associated with decomposing organic matter and the well-preserved high Andean forest at Reserva Forestal Nacional Protectora Rio Blanco. This ecosystem houses several species of mammals, birds, reptiles and river sources, as well as altitudes between 2240-3700 m in the Andine system, such as black cedar (Meliaceae, Juglans neotropica Dode), Alstonville Tibouchina (Melastomataceae, Tibouchina lepidota (Bondpland), Rushfoil (Euphorbiaceae, Croton magdalenensis Müll. Arg), among others (Giraldo 2009).
Comments. Fannia pijao sp. nov. is morphologically close to Fannia quimbaya sp. nov., but differs in the arrangement of the dc as 0:2. The combination of characters in these two species makes it difficult to include them in any known group of Fannia.
Etymology. name in apposition. The species epithet refers to the indigenous people Pijao, who inhabited the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes in pre-Colombian times, between the snow peaks of Huila, Quindío and Tolima, the high Magdalena Valley and Valle del Cauca, in Colombia.
Type material. Holotype male (CEUA). CO [Colombia]. Caldas. Manizales. Reserva Rio\ Blanco. 5˚ 7.26.58 ”N 75˚43.7’9.58”W\ 2592 msnm. T VSR - pez [Van Someren-Rydon trap with fish] Bosque\ Abril 3/ 2005 G. Entomologia\ CEUA 7498. Paratypes: CO [Colombia]. Caldas. Manizales. Reserva Rio\ Blanco. 5˚ 7.26.58 ”N 75˚43.7’9.58”W\ 2592 msnm.T VSR - pez [Van Someren-Rydon trap with fish] Bosque\ Abril 3/ 2005 G. Entomologia\ CEUA. (11 males, CEUA; 1 male DZUP); “idem \ CEUA 12407 (1 male, CEUA); idem\ Bosque noche Manual\ CEUA (1 male, CEUA); CO [Colombia]. Caldas. Manizales. Reserva Rio\ Blanco. 5˚ 7.26.58 ”N 75˚43.7’9.58”W\ 2592 msnm.T VSR - pez [Van Someren-Rydon trap with fish] Bosque\ Abril 3/ 2005 G. Entomologia\ CEUA 12392 (1 female, CEUA); “idem \ CEUA (2 females, CEUA); “idem \ CEUA 7497 (1 female, CEUA); “idem \ CEUA 7495(1 female, DZUP).
Distribution. Colombia: department of Caldas (Andean region, Central Cordillera).
description: Published as part of Grisales, Diana, Wolff, Marta & De, Claudio J. B., 2012, Neotropical Fanniidae (Insecta, Diptera): new species of Fannia from Colombia, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 3591 on pages 34-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213946