Neopleurophora tanytarsus Ament & Amorim 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ament, Danilo Cesar
name: Amorim, Dalton De Souza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Neopleurophora
Neopleurophora tanytarsus

description: Neopleurophora tanytarsus, sp. nov.   
(Figs. 48–51, 169, 206, 272–273)  
 Diagnosis (males). Epandrial medial process approximately square, slightly trifurcated at apex, with apical large seta; hypandrium lobes slightly sclerotized, elongated.   
 Material examined. Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Risaralda: SFF Otún Quimbaya: Cuchillo Camino, 4.73ºN, 75.58ºW, 3–19.i.2003, Malaise trap, 1,960 m, G. López col. (IAVH). Paratypes: COSTA RICA: 1♂, Guanacaste: Est. Pitilla, 11ºN, 85.43ºW, iv.1989, Malaise trap, 600 m, P. Hanson col. (LACM); 1♂, Heredia: La Selva Biol. Stn., 10.43ºN, 84.02ºW, 16–23.v.1988, Malaise trap, B. Brown col. (LACM); COLOMBIA: 2♂, Valle de Cauca: PNN Farallones de Cali Anchicaya, 3.43ºN, 76.80ºW, 17–31.vii.2001, Malaise trap, 900 m, S. Sarria col. (LACM); 1♂, same data but 16–31.x.2001, Malaise trap, 650 m; 1♂ same data but 13–27.ii.2001.   
 Description. Male. Body length, 2.6 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown; 1–3 upper genal seta. Thorax. Scutum dark brown, pleural sclerites brown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas brown. Foreleg yellowish-brown, mid and hind legs light brown. Forefemur with ventral row of strong setae along its entire extension. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 6.6. Midtibia with two anterodorsal and three posterodorsal setae (Fig. 169). Hind femur not swollen (height/length ratio, 0.37), without ventral, strong setae. Hind tibia with two anterodorsal and 5–6 posterodorsal setae (Fig. 206). Wing. Costa 0.51 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter white. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with lighter posterior band and dense microtrichia producing a silvery sheen. Hypopygium brown (Figs. 48–51). Epandrial medial process approximately square, slightly trifurcated at apex, with apical large seta. Ventral apex of epandrial right posterior margin with a large, posterior projection, without subepandrial setulose right process. Hypandrium lobes slightly sclerotized, elongated, with almost the same length. Hypoproct with four setae. Phallus (Figs. 272–273). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate membranous, with left, triangular projection. Epiphallus ending free, with thin, transparent scales. Ventral plate restricted to the right side, long and thin.   
 Female. Unknown.   
 Geographic distribution. Costa Rica and Colombia west of the Andes.   
 Etymology. The specific epithet tanytarsus corresponds to the union of the Greek roots tany (long) with tarsus, referring to the long foremetatarsus, and should be treated as a noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 3657 (1) on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265587