Kroeberia Lindner
Creators: name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
name: Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ropalomeridae
Kroeberia

description: Kroeberia Lindner
Kroeberia Lindner 1930, 125. Type-species: Kroeberia fuliginosa Lindner, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Frons shallowly concave, face with rounded central tubercle, antennal arista bare or at most with microscope pubescence, fronto-orbital setae absent; ocellars, postocellars, inner and outer vertical setae present; scutellum setulose with spiniform bristles on disc; posterior spiracle with 5–7 setae on dorsal border; femora very enlarged (Marques & Ale-Rocha 2004).
Comments. Two species of Kroeberia are known, K. fuliginosa recorded from Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil, and K. minor Marques & Ale-Rocha from Brazil (Marques & Ale-Rocha 2004).
Kroeberia fuliginosa Lindner
Kroeberia fuliginosa Lindner 1930, 127. Type-locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul: Santa Cruz.
Diagnosis. Antennal arista bare; scutellum with 1 apical and 2 discal bristles. Male terminalia with strong sclerotized surstyli, with internal margin and apex toothed; epiphallus long and thin, distally pointed; paramere with the internal apical lobe not capitate (Marques & Ale-Rocha 2004).
Comments. Kroeberia fuliginosa is known from Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil. This is the first records of K. fuliginosa from Costa Rica.
Material examined (verbatim). 6 3, 14 Ƥ. COSTA RICA: GUANACASTE: Cañas, PN V. Tenorio, Río Naranjo, 1400m, 16/02/2001, J. Gutiérrez, LN423650–295100, 61846, 1 3; ZP Tenorio, Tierras Morenas, Río San Lorenzo, 1050m, 00/10/1992, G. Rodríguez, LN287800–427600, 1 Ƥ; PN Santa Rosa, Est. Santa Rosa, 30m, 13/ 05/1999, D. Briceño, manual, LN313000–359800, 62946, 1 Ƥ; Lado O Vol. Orosi, Est. Maritza, 600m, 28/ 02–10/ 03/1992, K. Taylor, LN326900–373000, 1 Ƥ; 9 Km S Santa Cecilia, Est. Pitilla, 700m, 6–17/09/1993, C. Moraga, LN330200–380200, 2344, 2 Ƥ; same data: 22/08/1993, LN330200–380200, 2322, 1 Ƥ; Est. Pitilla, 700m, 00/06/ 1996, P. Ríos, LN329950–380450, 8270, 1 3 (INBIO); 14 km S Cañas, 26–30/09/1989, F.D. Parker, 1 Ƥ; 3 km SE R. Naranjo, 11–20/01/1993, F.D. Parker, 1 Ƥ; same data, 16–30/06/1992, 1 Ƥ (USU). LIMÓN: Amubri, AC Amistad, 70m, 2–31/05/1994, G. Gallardo, LN385000–578100, 2928, 1 3; Sector Cerro Cocori, Finca E. Rojas, 150m, 00/06/1993, E. Rojas, LN286000–567500, 2252, 1 Ƥ (INBIO). PUNTARENAS: Osa, PN Corcovado, Est. Sirena, 0–100m, 00/06/1993, G. Fonseca, LS 270500 –508300, 2119, 2 Ƥ; Península de Osa, Rancho Quemado, 200m, 00/12/1991, F. Quesada, LS292500–511000, 1 Ƥ; same data, 00/06/1992, LS292500–511000, 1 3; Est. Esquinas, 0m, 00/01/1993, M. Segura, LS301400–542200, 1 3; PN Manuel Antonio, Quepos 80m, 00/06/1991, G. Varela, LS370900–448800, 1 Ƥ (INBIO).
MEXICO: QUINTANA ROO: 3–10 km N Calderitas, STA–SL4, 8 /09/1984, W. Rubink, 1 3 (USU).
description: Published as part of Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente, 2012, The new genus Acrocephalomyia, and a new species of Ropalomera from Costa Rica, with additional records for other Mesoamerican species (Diptera: Ropalomeridae), pp. 553-569 in Zootaxa 3478 on pages 565-566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282346