Genea paulistana Nunez & Couri, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Nunez, Enio
name: Couri, Márcia S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Genea
Genea paulistana

description: Genea paulistana sp. nov.   
 (Figures 22-26)   
 Male: Body length, 6.0-7.0 mm; wing, 5.0-6.0 mm.   
 Head: Parafacial and fronto-orbital plate white with slight golden pruinosity; vitta yellow; 8-10 pairs of frontal setae, 2-3 pairs below the level of the antennal insertion; tiny ocellar setae; frons with 0.10 of the head width at the level of the anterior ocellus; inner verticals crossed outer verticals distinct; antenna yellow; flagellomere brown, yellow on base; arista slightly plumose; proboscis long with 1.3 times the head height (Fig. 22); long vibrissa; 3-5 pairs of subvibrissal setulae, shorter near vibrissa; 1-2 pairs of setulae above vibrissa; palpus long, yellow and filiform with almost twice the length of the flagellomere.   
 Thorax: Brown in ground colour with white pruinosity; dorsocentrals 3+3; post-pronotals 1+2; scutellum yellow with one pair of basal setae; one pair of subapical setae and one pair of discal setae; pleura brown (except for yellow postpronotal lobe) with white pruinosity and long yellow setulae. Wing and calypter slightly infuscated, vein R 1 entirely setulose on dorsal surface and vein R 4+5 setulose from base to almost crossvein r-m on dorsal surface. Legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia yellow; fore tarsus slightly brown and mid and hind tarsi brown; fore tibia with 1 strong posterior seta on middle third; 1 dorsal subapical seta; claws and pulvilli well developed; mid femur with 1 anterior seta on middle third; 3-5 long and sparse posteroventral setae on basal half; 1 posterodorsal subapical seta; mid tibia with 1 strong anterodorsal and 1 strong ventral seta on middle third each; 2 posterior setae on middle third; one posterodorsal row of short setae; 1 anterodorsal, 1 dorsal and 1 posterodorsal subapical seta each; 1 anteroventral, 1 ventral and 1 posteroventral apical seta each; hind femur with 2 anterodorsal setae on apical third; 5-7 sparse anteroventral setae on basal half; 1 anteroventral apical seta; hind tibia with 3-4 ventral setae on middle third; 1 posterodorsal and 1 anterodorsal subapical seta each; 1 posteroventral apical seta.   
 Abdomen: Yellow; T 1+2 not excavate to its hind margin; with a brown stripe not straight from T 1+2 to T 4, T 4 with a large transversal brown band on the posterior margin; one pair of median marginal setae on T 3.   
 Male terminalia: Sternite 5 square with a “ V ” shaped median cleft and with brown areas around setae and setulae insertions (Fig. 23). Cerci not fused at the apical half (Fig. 24) and slightly curved inward at tip (Fig. 25); surstylus shorter than cercus with short setulae on the apical half; distiphallus with lateral arms short; postgonite narrow in lateral view and pregonite triangular in lateral view (Fig. 26).   
 Female: Differs from male as follows: frons with 0.25 of head width at the level of the anterior ocellus; 2 pairs of reclinate orbital setae and 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae; palpus slightly clavate; claws and pulvilli short.   
 Type material: Holotype male. BRAZIL. SP, São Paulo, Vila Ema (MZSP). Paratypes, 1 male and 2 females, same data as holotype (MZSP).   
 Geographic distribution: Brazil.   
 Comments: Easily recognized by its short length (6.0-7.0 mm), palpus exceptionally long and filiform, a straight brown dorsal stripe which enlarges at the apical margin of each tergite from T 1+2 to T 4 and T 4 with a large transversal brown band on the posterior margin.
description: Published as part of Nunez, Enio & Couri, Márcia S., 2011, Revision Of Neotropical Genea Rondani (Diptera, Tachinidae, Tachininae, Leskiini), pp. 481-497 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51 (31) on pages 489-491, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492011003100001, http://zenodo.org/record/13222385