Neopleurophora platypyga 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 platypyga

description: Neopleurophora platypyga, sp. nov.   
(Figs. 152–155, 194, 232, 324–325)  
 Diagnosis (males). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, with an apical ventrally curved, flat projection, rounded at posterior apex, pointed at anterior apex; hypandrium left lobe with serrated dorsal margin.   
 Material examined. Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Amazonas: PNN Amacayacu Matamata, 3.82ºS, 70.26ºW, 12–19.vii.2000, Malaise trap, 150 m, A. Parente col. (IAVH). Paratype: COLOMBIA: 1♂, Vaupés: Est. Biol. Mosiro-Ijaura (Caparú) Igapo, 1.07ºN, 69.52ºW, 7–22.ix.2002, Malaise trap, 60 m, L. Benavides col. (LACM).   
 Description. Male. Body length, 2.6 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, with anterior edge yellow, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown; 1–2 upper genal and one lower genal seta. Thorax. Scutum and pleural sclerites yellowishbrown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas light brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Forefemur with ventral row of four strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 5.2. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and one posterodorsal seta at basal third (Fig. 194). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.43), without ventral strong setae. Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and four posterodorsal setae (Fig. 232). Wing. Costa 0.46 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellowish-brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with yellow posterior band, except tergite 1, almost entirely yellow. Hypopygium yellowish-brown (Figs. 152–155). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, dorsally rounded, with apical, ventrally curved flat projection, rounded at posterior apex, pointed at anterior apex. Epandrial right posterior margin without projections, apparently without subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium left lobe large, with dorsal, serrated margin; right lobe shorter, rectangular. Hypoproct with three setae. Phallus (Figs. 324–325). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate flattened, bilobed. Epiphallus with transparent scales, connected to right arm at left lateral of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, bifurcated into the secondary scaled process connected to epiphallus and a ventral, elongated process.   
 Female. Unknown.   
 Geographic distribution. Known from western Colombia, in the Amazonian basin.   
 Etymology. The specific epithet platypyga refers to the flat projection at the apex of the epandrial medial process and is derived from the Greek roots platys (flat) and pyge (rump, buttocks).   
 Comments. Even though N. platypyga shares with N. dicrodrilus a left hypandrial lobe with serrated dorsal margin, their affinity is contentious. N. platypyga does not have a bifurcated medial epandrial process neither many setae on hind tibia, as happens with N. dicrodrilus. These characters are highly variable in the genus, and the apomorphic or plesiomorphic condition at this level cannot be confidently inferred.
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 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265587