Sclerocoelus brasilensis Marshall 1997
Creators: name: Kuwahara, Gregory K.
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
name: Paiero, Steven M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Sclerocoelus
Sclerocoelus brasilensis

description: Sclerocoelus brasilensis Marshall, 1997
Sclerocoelus brasilensis Marshall, 1997: 100.
Sclerocoelus brasilensis – Roháček et al. 2001: 249.
Diagnosis
Body length 2.4–2.6 mm. Membrane around prosternum with 2–3 small, setulae-bearing sclerites. Male S5 simple and rectangular, posteromedially with a wide pale patch (cf. Marshall 1997: fig. 13); perianal pads well developed and dark; surstylus large, subrectangular with a broad, triangular, anteroventral lobe (cf. Marshall 1997: figs 14, 16–17); postgonite narrow and sinuate, apical fifth sharply bent forwards (cf. Marshall 1997: fig. 18). Female S8 relatively large, subcordate with raised lateral margins (cf. Marshall 1997: fig. 21).
Material examined
The type specimens deposited in DEBU were examined, as well as the following material:
BOLIVIA – La Paz • 1 ♂; 0.5 km SE of Coroico; 16°11′ S, 67°44′ W; 15 Apr. 2001; S.A. Marshall leg.; DEBU • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 23 km NE of Caranavi; 14 Apr. 2001; S.A. Marshall leg.; roadside/stream, sweep; DEBU • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Heath River Wildlife Centre, 21 km SSW of Puerto Heath; 12°40′ S, 68°42′ W; 5–9 May 2007; Paiero and Kits leg.; treefall, yellow pans; DEBU.
BRAZIL – Santa Catarina • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Aparados da Serra National Park, Rio do Boi; 29°12′08″ N, 50°03′01″ W; 209 m a.s.l.; 6–8 Mar. 2015; Norrbom and Savaris leg.; river crossing, Malaise trap; MZSP.
COSTA RICA – Alajuela • 1 ♂; Volcán Tenorio, Bijagua Biological Station; 700 m a.s.l.; 16 Jun. 2000; M. Buck leg.; sweeping decayed vegetation; DEBU. – Puntarenas • 1 ♂; Monteverde Biological Reserve; 1500 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2000; M. Buck leg.; cloud forest, sweep; DEBU • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 11 Jun. 2000; treefall sweep and pans; DEBU • 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Osa Peninsula, 2.5 km S of Rincón; 8°42′01″ N, 83°30′50″ W; 50 m a.s.l.; 11 Aug. 2001; S.A. Marshall leg.; sweep; DEBU • 1 ♂; Quepos, Manuel Antonio National Park, Punta Catedral; 80 m a.s.l.; Oct. 1991; G. Varela leg.; MNCR. – San Jose • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Zurquí de Moravia; 1600 m a.s.l.; Jul. 1991; P. Hanson leg.; MNCR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Zurquí de Moravia; Jul. 1991; P. Hanson leg.; Malaise trap; MNCR.
ECUADOR – Napo • 1 ♂; SierrAzul Lodge, 14 km W of Cosanga; 0°40′55″ S, 77°56′09″ W; 2200 m a.s.l.; 10–11 May 2007; Marshall and Paiero leg.; treefall, yellow pans; DEBU.
FRENCH GUIANA • 1 ♀; Mitaraka, near MIT-A-RBF1; 1 Mar. 2015; Touroult and Poirier leg.; river, Malaise trap (6 m); (La Planète Revisitée–MNHN/PNI Guyane 2015-Apa-973-1); MNHN.
PERU – Cusco • 31 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀; Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge, NE Paucartambo; 13°03′18″ S, 71°32′42″ W; 1120 m a.s.l.; 4–9 Nov. 2007; D. Brzoska leg.; flight-intercept trap; DEBU. – Madre de Dios • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Los Amigos Biological Station; 2–14 Jun. 2006; Paiero and Klymko leg.; debu00271536 / MYCRO922-21 sequenced for CO1-5’; DEBU.
Distribution
Neotropical: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica *, Ecuador, French Guiana *, Panama, Peru *.
description: Published as part of Kuwahara, Gregory K., Marshall, Stephen A. & Paiero, Steven M., 2025, A revision of the genus Sclerocoelus Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), pp. 1-277 in European Journal of Taxonomy 979 on page 32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.979.2803, http://zenodo.org/record/14980852