Hemerodromia brevicercata Camara, Takiya, Plant & Rafael. We 2015
Creators: name: Martins, Alana E. S.
name: Câmara, Josenir T.
name: Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Hemerodromia
Hemerodromia brevicercata

description: Hemerodromia brevicercata Câmara, Takiya, Plant & Rafael
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(Figs 61–74, 84)
Hemerodromia brevicercata Câmara, Takiya, Plant & Rafael, 2015: 198, figs 1–7.
This is the first documented record of this species for the state of Maranhão and, more specifically, for the Maranhão Amazon Rainforest; the description and illustration of the female are included here for the first time.
Diagnosis. A black species with yellowish-white legs, except for the anterior trochanter and femur, brownish (Fig. 61). Head round; cercus very short, shorter than length of epandrium (Fig. 64); epandrium narrower apically, with median row of thorn-shaped setae on the inner surface (Figs 65, 66).
Description. Female (Figs 69–74). Specimens collected together with male of this species, in good condition and with same color pattern as male, is herein associated with the male. Similar to male. Wing (Fig. 70) same as male. Terminalia (Figs 71–74). Tergite 7 rectangular, slightly paler than tergites 1–6 (Fig. 73); tergite 8 with medial internal apodeme located on anterior margin (Fig. 73); tergite 9+10 rectangular, divided at posterior margin (Fig. 73). Sternite 7 rectangular with medial internal apodeme located at anterior margin (Fig. 74); sternite 8 smaller than tergite 8, posterior margin folded inward (Figs 72, 74); sternite 10 V-shaped (Fig. 74). Cercus short, sclerotized with subtriangular distal portion paler in color (Fig. 73).
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 [trap] MALAISE (6 m), 01–20.xii.2021, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira & A. Tôrres, cols [=coletores] / PROTAX\ FLO 4218 (1♂, CZMA); idem \ FLO 5293 (1♂, MNRJ); idem \ FLO 4238 (1♂, MZUSP); idem \ FLO 4243 (pinned, terminalia in glass microvial, good condition: 1♂, CZMA); idem \ FLO 4224 (pinned, terminalia and abdomen in glass microvial, good condition: 1♀, CZMA), idem \ FLO 4240 (pinned, terminalia and abdomen in glass microvial, good condition: 1♀, CZMA), idem \ FLO 5300 (pinned, terminalia and abdomen in glass microvial, good condition: 1♀, CZMA), idem, 01–30.xi.2021, idem \ FLO 5292 (pinned, terminalia and abdomen in glass microvial, good condition: 1♀, CZMA); idem \ Armadilha Malaise (2 m), 1–14.ii.2022, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A. Tôrres & E.S. Pessoa, cols [=coletores] / PROTAX\ FLO 5438 (1♂, MPEG); idem \ FLO 5439 (1♂, INPA); idem \ FLO 5267 (1♂, CZMA); idem, C.[=Cândido] Mendes, Fazenda 7 irmãos, 01°52′06′′S, 45°45′59.7′′W \ Arm. [=Armadilha] Malaise (6 m), 15–30.vi.2019, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira & J.S. Brito, cols \ FLO 5295 (1♂, CZMA).
Variation. Male (n = 4). Body length 2.4–2.9 mm, mean 2.7 mm; wing length 1.5–1.9 mm, mean 1.7 mm; wing width 0.5–0.6 mm, mean 0.55 mm.
Geographical record. Brazil (Ceará and Maranhão, new record).
Remarks. Hemerodromia brevicercata was previously recorded only from the state of Ceará, in the Atlantic Forest. However, in this study, it was also recorded from the state of Maranhão, in the Amazon Forest. This species was collected in Cândido Mendes only in June and in Centro Novo do Maranhão in November, December and February.
description: Published as part of Martins, Alana E. S., Câmara, Josenir T. & Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco, 2025, Hemerodromia Meigen (Diptera, Empididae, Hemerodromiinae) from the state of Maranhão, Brazil: description of six new species and new records, pp. 305-326 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on pages 321-322, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/15326016