Psychoda speculata Cordeiro, Bravo & De, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Cordeiro, Danilo
name: Bravo, Freddy
name: De, Claudio J. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Psychoda
Psychoda speculata

description: Psychoda speculata, sp. nov.
(Figs 140–149)
Etymology. The species name, speculata, is based on the somewhat similar and inverted shapes of subgenital plate and genital chamber.
Diagnosis. Antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical globulose and subequal, 11th, 12th and 13th with short neck; subgenital plate with concave lateral margins and a conspicuous transversal line medially, with apical half more sclerotized; 3–5 short setae on internal margin of each lobe; genital digit present; a pair of micropilose oval organs internal to the subgenital plate.
Female. Head (Fig. 140): vertex, frons and clypeus pilose; hair patch of frons extending to facet row 1 or 2, hair patch of vertex extending between eyes to facet row 1; eye bridge with 4 facets; eyes separated by 1.5–2.0 facet diameters; 5–7 supra-ocular setae; interocular suture absent; clypeus with 2 or 3 stronger lateral alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical reduced, globulose and subequal, 11th, 12th and 13th with short neck, spine present on 11th (Fig. 141); scape cylindrical, 1.5 the length of the subspherical pedicel (Fig. 142) ascoids in Y (Fig. 143); palpal formula 1.0:1.0(0.90–1.05):1.0(0.86–1.09):1.2(1.1–1.32) (Fig. 144); labellum with 3 apical teeth and 2 lateral setae (Fig. 145). Wing (Fig. 146): Sc vein ending just beyond base of vein Rs; radial and medial forks complete, veins R5, CuA1, and distal part of veins R1, R2, R3 and R4 slightly darkened. Distitarsus with apical projection (Fig. 147). Terminalia: subgenital plate bilobed, with concave lateral margins and basal band presenting a thin posterior projection medially (Fig. 148); a conspicuous transversal line divides the subgenital plate in a less sclerotized basal half and a more sclerotized apical half; 3–5 short setae on internal margin of each lobe; genital digit present; subgenital plate internally with a pair of micropilose oval organs (Fig. 149); genital chamber subtrapezoidal (Fig. 148).
Male. Unknown.
Material examined. Holotype Ƥ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 30.vi.1997, 6 cdc – 1m, no collector name (INPA). Paratypes: 1 Ƥ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Pitinga, Grota, 29.vi.1991, 12 cdc – m, no collector name (INPA); 2 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, área alterada, 29.v.1997, 7cdc – m, col. TVB/FLS (INPA); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 01.vi.1997, 6 cdc – 1m, no collector name (INPA); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, área 2, 02.vi.1997, 7cdc – 1m, col. TVB/FLS (MZUEFS); 2 Ƥ, Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 30.vi.1997, 6 cdc – 1m, no collector name (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Manacapuru, Cajatuba, km 69/3, copa, 10.x.1998, 3 cdc, no collector name (MZUEFS); 4 Ƥ BRAZIL, Bahia, Ituberá, Pacangê, 10.vi.2007, luminosa, col. E. Alvim & eq. Ecopolinização (MZUEFS).
Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas and Bahia)
Comments. This species is very similar to P. balaenica Quate (Costa Rica), but subgenital plate is a little longer and with shallower apical concavity in P. balaenica, wich also have eyes separated by just 1.0 facet diameter. The new species is morphologically similar to the species of the subgenus Psychodocha, except for the presence of spine on 11th flagellomere.
description: Published as part of Cordeiro, Danilo, Bravo, Freddy & De, Claudio J. B., 2011, Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species, pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 3101 on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205242