Diplosynapsis uncinata Vieira & Rafael, 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Vieira, Rodrigo
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Diplosynapsis
Diplosynapsis uncinata

description: Diplosynapsis uncinata sp. nov.
(Figs. 67–74)
Diagnosis. Five to six black dorsocentral; no anatergal setae; epandrium apex with a ‘v’-shaped projection in lateral view (Figs. 68, 70); hypandrium with ‘u’-shaped indentation on median-apical margin; gonostylus apex hook-shaped (Figs. 71, 72); gonocoxite apex triangular (Fig. 71).
Description. Male. Holotype. Head. Scape and pedicel black; postpedicel black except for yellow base; 2 black ocellar macrosetae; vertex black, sparsely brown tomentose; frons black; face black, apical half grey tomentose and basal half brown tomentose; mystax with black and yellow setae; palpus with long black and short yellow setae; proboscis black with 3 brown ventral macrosetae and 2 setae, remaining yellow; labial setae yellowish; occiput grey tomentose; black and yellow occipital setae; 4 black postocular macrosetae.
Thorax. Antepronotum and postpronotum black, brown tomentose dorsally and grey laterally; mesonotum black; lateral margin of mesonotum, postpronotal, sutural, prescutellar spot and scutellum brown tomentose; mesopleuron grey tomentose, except for the anterior half of black anepisternum. Chaetotaxy: 2 black notopleural macrosetae; 1–2 black supra-alar setae; 1 black postalar macroseta; 5–6 black dorsocentral setae; no anatergal setae; 6 black apical scutellar macrosetae; black discal scutellar setae; katatergal macrosetae blackish; setae on meron+metanepisternals blackish.
Wing (Fig. 69). Brown, no costal dilation; crossvein r-m beyond middle of discal cell; microtrichia on posterior wing margin arranged in a single plane.
Legs. Black (Fig. 67). Chaetotaxy: Basal half of fore femur with yellow setae and apical half with black setae; mid femur with 3 black anterior setae, 4 black anteroventral setae and 1 black, preapical macroseta dorsally; hind femur with 4 long black setae anteriorly, yellow setae posteriorly, 6 black anteroventrally and 1 black, preapical macroseta dorsoposteriorly; fore tibia with 4 black setae posteriorly; mid tibia with 2 long, black macrosetae anteroventrally; hind tibia with 3 long black setae anteriorly; tarsomeres with black setae.
Abdomen. Tergites 1–5 black, grey tomentose laterally; tergite 1 apical margin grey tomentose, apical margin of tergites 2–4 brown; tergite 5 brown, tergite 6 brown with silver apex and tergite 7 with shiny silvery tomentum (Figs. 67, 68); sternites 1–4 black, grey tomentose and sternites 5–7 brown, grey tomentose.
Terminalia (Figs. 68, 70–74). Epandrium black (Fig. 68), hypandrium, gonocoxite and gonostylus black and red; terminalia oblique to body axis (Fig. 67). Epandrium apex with v-shaped projection, in lateral view (Figs. 68, 70); hypandrium with an u-shaped indentation dorsally on medioapical margin; gonostylus apex hook-shaped (Figs. 71, 72); gonocoxite ventral margin with black setae, apex triangular (Figs. 68, 71); ejaculatory apodeme long and wide proximally, in lateral view (Fig. 73); aedeagus apex directed dorsally (Figs. 73, 74).
Lengths. Body 21.1mm; wing 12.7mm.
Holotype conditions. Wing mounted in microslide with Canada balsam. Part of the abdomen and the terminalia in microtube with glycerine. Microtube and microslide pinned with specimen.
Variations. Length: Body 19.1mm; wing 10.5mm; antepronotum and postpronotum black dorsally; mesopleuron black, sparsely grey tomentose; halter brown; hind femur with brown setae posteriorly and five black anteroventrally.
Female. Unknown.
Etymology. From Latin uncinata = hook, referring to the hook-shaped gonostylus apex.
Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas) (Fig. 76).
Type material examined. Holotype: BRASIL, Amazonas, Rio Jau, Meriti, Mun.[icípio] Novo Airão [2°37'40"S 60°56'31"W] / 04–10.vi.1994, J.A. Rafael / Holotype Diplosynapsis uncinata (♂ INPA).
Paratype: BR[ASIL]. Am [azonas]. Rio Purus, Costa do Moreno [5°50'8"S 64°18'17"W], 15.i.1987, N.D. Aguiar, col. / Paratype Diplosynapsis uncinata (♂ CZPB).
description: Published as part of Vieira, Rodrigo & Rafael, José Albertino, 2016, Revision of Diplosynapsis Enderlein, 1914 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) with description of four new species, pp. 127-148 in Zootaxa 4208 (2) on page 146, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/203823