Coniceromyia niemeyeri Ament & Kung & Brown 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ament, Danilo César
name: Kung, Giar-Ann
name: Brown, Brian V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Coniceromyia
Coniceromyia niemeyeri

description: Coniceromyia niemeyeri sp. nov.
(Figs. 5B, 8Z, 15B, 21 A–B, 25C, 28B)
Diagnosis (male). Wing vein M 2 strongly sinuous (Fig. 15B), anepisternum dorsally setulose, left epandrial process with medially directed lobe near base and subepandrial setose elevation (Fig. 25C).
Material examined. Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Amazonas: San Martín: PNN Amacayacu, 3.82ºS, 70.26ºW, 6–15.iv.2000, Malaise trap, 150m, B. Amado col. (IAVH) [LACM ENT 072958]. Paratypes: 1♂, same as holotype but 2–7.vii.2000; 1♂, same but 30.vii–8.viii.2000; 1♂, same but 1–8.ix.2000; 1♂, same but 24.viii–1.ix.2000; 1♂, same but 3–11.xi.2000; 1♂, same but 5–16.v.2000; 2♂, same but 15.x–5.xi.2001, D. Chota col.; 1♂, same but 17.ix–1.x.2001, D. Chota col.; 1♂, same but 12–19.iii.2000, A. Parente col.; 3♂, same but 20–27.iii.2000; 1♂, same but 11–24.iv.2000, A. Feliz col. BRAZIL: 1♂, Acre: Sen. Guiomard: F.E. Catuaba, 10°04’28”S 67°37’00”W, 14–31.i.2017, Malaise trap, E.F. Morato & J.A. Rafael cols. PERU: 1♂, Madre de Dios: Tambopata Res. Center, 13.14ºS, 69.61ºW, 22–25.vii.2001, Malaise trap, B. Brown & G. Kung col.; 1♂, same but 20–23.vii.2001; 1♂, same but 16–22.vii.2001.
Description. Male. Body length, 2.1 mm. Head. Frons brown to dark brown, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, conical to slightly conical-elongate. Arista apical, about 1.5 times longer than flagellomere 1. Palpus yellowish-brown. Gena with two setae. Thorax. Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown; anepisternum dorsally setulose. Legs yellowish-brown. Foretibia with two dorsal setae and anterodorsal row of strong setulae. Foremetatarsus widening apically, with anterior excavation, anteroapical setulose process, seta at base of excavation, and seta near base of anteroapical process (Fig. 8Z). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.45. Posterior face of hind femur with narrow basoventral band of tiny blunt setulae, dorsal setulae thicker (Fig. 21 A–B). Hind femur height/length ratio 0.39. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half. Wing (Fig. 15B). Costa greatly swollen, thicker apically, 0.5 of the wing length; R 2+3 absent; M 1 concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M 2 strongly sinuous, curved posteriorly at apex, CuA 1 -M 2 /M 2 -M 1 ratio 2.1; CuA 1 strongly sinuous, anteriorly curved at apex. Halter white. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, tergites 1 to 5 with shining pubescence. Hypopygium light brown to yellowish-brown (Fig. 25C). Left epandrial process with medially directed lobe near base and subepandrial setose elevation. Margin of right lobe of hypandrium without lateral projection. Hypoproct with three setae.
Distribution. Western Amazonia (Fig. 28B).
Etymology. Considering the characteristically curved wing veins of this species, we name it in honor of the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer whose revolutionary work frequently has characteristic curved shapes.
description: Published as part of Ament, Danilo César, Kung, Giar-Ann & Brown, Brian V., 2020, Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 4830 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4402844