Antrops versabilis KITS & MARSHALL 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: KITS, JOEL H.
name: MARSHALL, STEPHEN A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Antrops
Antrops versabilis

description: Antrops versabilis sp. nov.   
(Figs. 145–149, 215)  
 Description. Male postabdomen: Sternite 5 as described for the species group. Surstylus with medial ridge thin, curved around anterodorsal corner, slightly projecting, ventral tooth broad, anteroventral corner right-angled (Fig. 146). Pregonite indistinct, fully fused with postgonite. Postgonite with lobes barely separated, anterior lobe short, rounded, posterior lobe pointed, long, with a tooth projecting from anterior edge. Basiphallus narrow, with long epiphallus and preepiphallus. Distiphallus with broad, flattened, setose dorsal knob (Fig. 145).   
Female postabdomen: Tergites 6–7 and sternites 6–7 wider than long, moderately sclerotized, covered with microtomentum. Tergites with 3 posterior strips, sternites with 2 posterior strips. Tergite 8 shiny, widest anteriorly, strongly pinched medially, anterior and posterior margins emarginated medially, anterior corners nearly meeting sternite 8 laterally. Epiproct with short, broad anterior arms, covered with microtomentum except arms, with 2 pairs of setae and a medial unpaired seta (Fig. 147). Cerci narrow. Sclerites of sternite 8 narrow anteriorly, becoming gradually wider posteriorly, microtomentum covering posterior quarter, apices pointed, without hooks. Hypoproct depressed antero-medially (Fig. 148). Spermathecae round, long apical invagination meeting basal invagination, sclerotized duct short (Fig. 149).  
 Type material. Holotype ♂: VENEZUELA: Táchira: San Cristobal, 55 km NE, 3048 m, 17–18 May 1974, J. Peck, debu01034007 (MIZA). Paratypes: same data as holotype (2 ♂, 6 ♀, DEBU); Aragua: Henri Pittier Natl. Pk., trails above Rancho Grande, 1225 m, malaise trap, 22–25 Jan 1996, J. & A. Skevington (3 ♂, DEBU); Maracay, Rancho Grande Bio. Stn., 5 Mar 1995, S.A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBU); Mérida: Apartaderos, Laguna Negra, 3350 m, treeline moss forest, carrion traps, 1–29 Jul 1989, S. & J. Peck (2 ♂, 1 ♀, FMNH); Azulita, 6 km S, near road, 3 May 1988, S.A. Marshall (2 ♀, DEBU); Jaji-La Azulita, roadside, sweeps, 3 May 1988, S.A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBU); Mérida Telef., Est. La Aguada, 3460 m, treeline moss forest, carrion traps, 23–29 Jun 1989, S. & J. Peck (2 ♀, FMNH); Mérida Telef., Loma Redonda, 4100 m, páramo, Polylepis grove, carrion traps, 22–29 Jun 1989, S. & J. Peck (1 ♂, 2 ♀, FMNH); Páramo Mucubaji, Lag. Negra area, 28–31 Oct 1989, A.L. Norrbom (1 ♂, USNM); Páramo, Mucuchíes trail, 5 km S, 3700 m, moss, 29 Apr 1988, S.A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBU); Sierra Nevada Natl. Pk., Laguna Negra, 4000 m, elfin forest, yellow pans, 28–30 Aug 1992, L. Masner (1 ♂, 2 ♀, DEBU).   
 Comments. The species name refers to the apparent ecological versatility of this species, which occurs from just over 1000 m to 4000 m elevation. No other Andean archiborborine is known to have such a broad elevational distribution.
description: Published as part of KITS, JOEL H. & MARSHALL, STEPHEN A., 2013, 
  Generic classification of the Archiborborinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with a revision of  Antrops  Enderlein,  Coloantrops  gen. nov.,  Maculantrops  gen. nov.,  Photoantrops  gen. nov., and  Poecilantrops  gen. nov.  , pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3704 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3704.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6507447