Neopleurophora prionotopyga 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 prionotopyga

description: Neopleurophora prionotopyga, sp. nov.   
(Figs. 28–31, 165, 201, 262–263)  
 Diagnosis (males). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, thin, tapered apically; hypandrium left lobe large, dorsally serrated.   
 Material examined. Holotype ♂, COSTA RICA: Limón: 16km W Guapiles, 10.15ºN, 83.92ºW, v–vi.1990, Malaise trap, 400 m, P. Hanson col. (LACM). Paratypes: NICARAGUA: 1♂, Zelaya: R. Waspuk, Rapidos Waula Kombas, 14.35ºN, 84.60ºW, ix.1996, Malaise trap, 75 m, J. Maes & J. Hernandez col. (LACM); COLOMBIA: 1♂, Valle de Cauca: PNN Farallones de Cali Alto Anchicaya, 3.43ºN, 76.80ºW, 30.i–13.ii.2001, Malaise trap, 900 m, S. Sarria col. (LACM).   
 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; one upper genal seta. Thorax. Scutum and pleural sclerites brown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas brown. Legs light brown, except foretibia and foretarsus, yellowish-brown. Forefemur with ventral row of medium size setae along its entire extension. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus short (length/width ratio, 3.2). Midtibia with one anterodorsal and 2–3 posterodorsal setae (Fig. 165). Hind femur not swollen (height/length ratio, 0.38), without ventral strong setae. Hind tibia with two anterodorsal and 4–5 posterodorsal setae (Fig. 201). Wing. Costa 0.5 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter gray, with a rounded, apical black maculation. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with lighter posterior band and dense microtrichia producing a silvery sheen. Hypopygium light brown (Figs. 28–31). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, thin, tapered apically. Epandrial right posterior margin ventral apex sclerotized, projected medio-posteriorly, without subepandrial process. Hypandrium left lobe large, dorsally serrated; right lobe small, thin. Hypoproct with five setae. Phallus (Figs. 262–263). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate membranous, short. Epiphallus short, ending free, covered with thin, transparent scales. Ventral plate restricted to right side, apically bifurcated.   
 Female. Unknown.   
 Geographic distribution. Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Colombia west of the Andes.   
 Etymology. The specific epithet prionotopyga refers to the dorsal margin of the hypandrium left lobe serrated and is derived from the Greek roots prionotos (serrated) and pyge (rump, buttocks).
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 page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265587