Neohybos pectinatus Ale-Rocha 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ale-Rocha, Rosaly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Hybotidae
Neohybos
Neohybos pectinatus

description: Neohybos pectinatus sp. nov.
(Figs 45–48, 69)
Diagnosis. Body and legs slender; thorax black, shiny dorsally; notopleuron and posterior margin of scutum and scutellum with sparse pale brown pruinescence; abdomen elongate, about 3.5 times longer than thorax; fore and mid legs brown, except apex of femora, tibiae and tarsomeres 1–2 yellow; hind leg black, except apex of femur, base and apex of tibia and tarsomeres 1–2 yellow; wing hyaline, pterostigma pale brown.
Holotype male. Body: 4.6 mm. Wing: 3.7 mm. Head: postpedicel twice longer than wide, as long as length of scape and pedicel combined, round distally. Face narrowly dichoptic, linear; half-length of frons. Ocellar setae long and divergent. Postcranium clothed in dense, pale brown pruinescence. Postocular and occipital setae quite short, thin and uniserial. Thorax (Fig. 69): black; shiny dorsally; pronotum, notopleuron, prescutellar disc, scutellum and pleura covered with sparse, pale brown pruinescence. Setae yellow, somewhat elongate and thin; acr 4-serial, misaligned, longer on prescutellar disc; dc uniserial, more numerous and unordered on presutural region; ial and spal setae sparse and unordered; 2 npl long and strong, longer than apical scutellar pair; 1 pal, long and thin; 5 pairs of scutellar setae, apical pair long, slender, slightly divergent, very closely approximated, 3 times longer than lateral setae, latter very thin. Wing: narrow, hyaline, pterostigma pale brown; R4+5 and M1 parallel apically. Legs (Fig. 69): fore and mid legs brown, except apex of femora, tibiae and tarsomeres 1–2 yellow; hind leg black, except apex of femur, base and apex of tibia and mid tarsomeres 1–2 yellow. Hind femur thickened; hind tibia slightly arched, cylindrical. Setae elongate, thin and yellow. Fore tibia with 1 elongate preapical anterior seta and 1 very long preapical posterior seta, both setae reaching half-length of fore tarsomere 1. Fore tarsomere 1 with 1 long and robust preapical seta on anterior and posterior surfaces, extending beyond apex of fore tarsomere 2. Mid tibia with 3 long and robust ad setae on basal third; ventral surface with 1 long apical seta reaching apex of mid tarsomere 1. Mid tarsomere 1 with 1 short pv seta near base and 1 long ad preapical seta extended beyond apex of tarsomere. Hind trochanter with 2 short ventral spine-like setae. Hind femur with 1 dorsal seta on distal fourth; av surface with 8 spine-like setae (4 near base rather ventrally positioned, 1 median, 2 beyond middle, 1 preapical); 11 short ventral spine-like setae closely approximated near apex of femur; 11 spine-like, elongate pv setae. Hind tibia and hind tarsus lacking robust setae. Abdomen: shiny black, about 3.5 times longer than thorax; tergites 7–8 and all sternites clothed in brown pruinescence. Setae thin and yellow; longer on tergite 1 and lateral of tergite 2; sternite 8 large with elongate setae on distal margin. Terminalia (Figs 45– 48): right bacilliform sclerite protruded with short, apically pointed distal process. Right surstylus tapered distally, slightly curved to inner side; left surstylus bifid distally with widely separated finger-like branches, each branch with long and strong apical setae. Hypandrium with posterior margin deeply concave on left side; right hypandrial lobe tapered distally, almost half-length of base of hypandrium. Postgonite ribbon-like and slender; phallus elongate, narrowed in middle.
Female. Unknown.
Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂ (CAS) labelled: “ COLOMBIA. 12 mi. S. of Anserma, Caldas, 1030m, iii.17.1955 / EI Schlinger & ES Ross collector”; “ Holotype / Neohybos pectinatus / Ale-Rocha, R. ” [red label]. Specimen in good condition, except the wings with apex torn. PARATYPE. PERU. [Huánuco] 43 mi. E. of Tingo Maria, x.5.1954 / EI Schlinger & ES Ross collector (1♀, CAS).
Distribution. Colombia, Peru.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin pecten (comb) in reference to the long apical setae on the extension of the left surstylus.
description: Published as part of Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2017, New species of Neohybos Ale-Rocha & Carvalho (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae) from South America, pp. 507-531 in Zootaxa 4358 (3) on pages 524-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1068817