Neomuscina maculata Pereira-Colavite & De, 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Pereira-Colavite, Alessandre
name: De, Claudio J. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Neomuscina
Neomuscina maculata

description: Neomuscina maculata sp. nov. Pereira-Colavite & Carvalho
(Figs. 47–52)
Diagnosis: acrostichal 1:1; dorsocentral 2:4; intra-alars 2; mid femur with three preapical setae; lateral region of postalar callus with a distinctive dark brown mark; male: fifth sternite square; female: sternite VI with many setulae near apex.
Color: general body coloration brownish yellow; frons yellow, apex brown; facialia and parafacialia white; gena, antenna and palpus yellow; scutum brown with four light stripes of grey pruinosity; humeral callus and apex of scutellum yellow; lateral region of postalar callus with a distinctive dark brown mark; calypters yellowish white, with darkened borders; halter yellowish white; wing hyaline.
Male. Length. Body: 5.7 mm; wing: 6.3 mm.
Head: eyes separated from each other by 0.12 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 13 pairs of convergent frontal setae; ocellar seta large and parallel; postocellar seta small and divergent; inner vertical seta small and convergent; outer vertical seta small and divergent.
Thorax: acrostichal 1:1; dorsocentral 2:4; intra-alars 2; proepisternum and proepimeron with one setae; fore tibia with a distinct submedian anterodorsal seta; apex of fore tibia with setae on dorsal, posterodorsal, posteroventral and ventral surfaces; mid femur with a row of setae on posterior, posteroventral and anteroventral surfaces from base to middle, reappearing near the apex; mid femur with three preapical setae, on dorsal, posterodorsal and posterior surfaces; apex of mid tibia with setae on anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, posterior, posteroventral, ventral and anteroventral surfaces; hind femur with a complete row of dorsal and anteroventral setae, and a row of posteroventral setae from base to middle, reappearing near apex; hind tibia with one submedian anterodorsal setae and two submedian anteroventral setae; hind tibia with anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, ventral and anteroventral setae at apex; wing with one dorsal and two ventral setae at apex of stem vein.
Abdomen: fifth sternite with a near rectangular shape; apex of fifth sternite with reduced concavity; cercus, in profile, tapered.
Female (differing as follows): Length. Body: 5.7 mm; wing: 6.3 mm; eyes separated from each other by 0.3 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 12 pairs of frontal convergent setae, except for top two pairs, which are divergent; ocellar seta large and postocellar seta small, both divergent; inner vertical seta large and convergent, and outer vertical seta small and divergent; acrostichal 0:1; proepisternum and proepimeron with two setae; hind tibia with four submedian anteroventral setae; sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae; epiproct with six setae, setae in a hexagon-shaped arrangement (2:2:2).
Comments: N. maculata sp. nov. is similar to N. zosteris, differing externally only by the three pre-apical setae of mid femur and a distinct brown mark on the postalar callus. The males have a fifth sternite with a subrectangular shape and the apex with reduced concavity. Females have sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae and epiproct with six setae.
Etymology: it refers to the distinct dark brown mark in the lateral region of postalar callus.
Type material examined: Holotype: male, specimen and chaetotaxy in good conditions; label: white, printed “ BRAZIL. MG: Botelhos / Córrego da Onça / 21º40’90” S 46º22’05” / Shannon / 15–19.VI.2007 / Amorim, Oliveira & Capellari col.” \ label: red, printed HOLOTYPE; abdomen dissected and stored in a microvial with glycerin; deposited in MZUSP. Type-locality: Botelhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Paratypes: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais. 1 male and 2 females “ BRAZIL. MG: Botelhos / Córrego da Onça / 21º40’90” S 46º22’05” / Shannon – Mata / 16–20.VI.2007 / Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari & Ricardi col.” \ label: green, printed PARATYPE (MZUSP), abdomen dissected and stored in a microvial with glycerin.
Geographical distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais [type-locality]).
description: Published as part of Pereira-Colavite, Alessandre & De, Claudio J. B., 2012, Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 3504 on pages 21-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209438