Neopleurophora kungi 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 kungi

description: Neopleurophora kungi, sp. nov.   
(Figs. 2, 72–75, 175, 212, 240–241, 284–285)  
 Diagnosis (males). Epandrial medial process not bifurcated, slightly curved, apically tapered. Epandrial right posterior margin with large, pointed projection.   
 Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Reserva Ducke, Igarapé Barro Branco, 12– 27.i.2005, Malaise trap, A. Henriques col. (MZUSP). Paratypes: ECUADOR: 1♂, Sucumbios: Sacha Lodge, 0.5ºS, 75.5ºW, 23.vi–3.vii.1994, Malaise trap, 270 m, P. Hibbs col. (LACM); BRAZIL: 1♂, same data as holotype, but 12–22.iv.2004 (INPA); 1♂, Rondônia: Guajará-Mirim, Rio Ouro Preto, Bananal, 20–27.x.1995, Malaise trap, J.A. Rafael & A. Henriques col. (MZUSP).   
 Description. Male. Body length, 2.5 mm. Head. Frons black, anterior apex yellow, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 yellowish-brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown, oval; one upper genal and two lower genal small setae. Thorax. Scutum and pleural sclerites light brown, sometimes scutum yellowish-brown anteriorly; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum brown, posteriorly yellow. Legs yellowish-brown, hind femur brown at apex. Forefemur with ventral row of five strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal fourth and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 4.8. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and one posterodorsal setae at basal third (Fig. 175). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.40), with ventral row of eight strong setae near base (Figs. 240–241). Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and four posterodorsal setae (Fig. 212). Wing. Costa 0.44 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellow. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with lighter posterior band. Hypopygium light brown (Figs. 72–75). Epandrial medial process apically tapered, slightly curved, not bifurcated, esclerotized at apex. Epandrial right posterior margin with large, pointed projection, subepandrial setulose process present. Hypandrium left lobe large; right lobe narrow. Hypoproct with two setae. Phallus (Figs. 284–285). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate flattened, bilobed. Epiphallus covered with medium size scales, connected to the right arm at the left of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, bifurcated at apex into two dented processes.   
 Female. Unknown.   
 Geographic distribution. Southwestern and northern Amazonia in Brazil and in Amazonian Ecuador.   
 Etymology. The specific epithet is given after Giar-Ann Kung, great friend and author of some papers on phorid taxonomy. With her help, together with the support from Weiping Xie and Dr. Brian Brown, it was possible to access most of the material used in this study, at the LACM.   
 Comments. Neopleurophora kungi is hypothesized to be close to N. ptychodrilus and N. manauara based on the presence of the phallic ventral plate bearing apical teeth.
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 pages 33-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265587