Albistyla spatulisterna
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Sphaeroceridae
Genus: Albistyla
Name
Albistyla spatulisterna Marshall, Stephen A., 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Albistyla spatulisterna Marshall, Stephen A., 2014, Zootaxa 3793: 261-263.
Description
Description. Abdomen: Syntergite 1 + 2 very large, 4 X length of T 3, with a large pale anteromedial area and a dark posterior margin. Male abdomen (Figs. 11–14): S 4 large, subquadrate, with a posteromedial patch of setulae. S 5 anteriorly produced into a broad apodeme almost as large as S 4 and normally retracted under (dorsal to) S 4. Posterior margin of S 5 complex, each side with a single large bristle and a spatulate process with three lobes as follows: outer lobes broad ventrally setulose and continuous with dark edges of sternite; middle lobes prominent, dark and continuing medially to form an almost continuous U-shaped sclerite; inner lobes relatively small and inconspicuous, tuberculate, setose and projecting ventrally. Basiphallus elongate-triangular with a broadly rounded epiphallus; distiphallus very short, tubular; lightly sclerotized but spinulose along distal margin. Postgonite with a large anterobasal prominence articulating with a very small pregonite, distal part of postgonite strongly tapered and turned anteriorly. Female abdomen: T 7 and T 8 shortened dorsomedially and with bristles only at posterior margin; T 8 ventrally extended and expanded, forming bare, shining posteroventral lobes. T 10 greatly reduced, membranous and without bristles. Posterior margin of S 7 convex and weakly bilobed; S 8 hyaline, transverse and with a transverse row of 4 small equal bristles. S 10 densely setulose, without bristles. Cercus very short and rounded, no longer than broad, with 4 short bristles. Spermathecae acorn-shaped, with a funnel-shaped base and rounded apex; ducts with a Ushaped bend just beyond base, sclerotized part as long as spermathecal body (Fig. 10).
Materials Examined
Type material.Holotype (♂, INBC, debu00104368) and two paratypes (♂, ♀ DEBU): COSTA RICA. Cartago, Tapantí National Park, 1550m, pans in fallen tree, 7–12.Oct. 1999, Marshall and Buck. Additional paratypes: COSTA RICA. Puntarenas, Monteverde Biological Reserve, 1500m, tree fall sweep and pans, 14.Jun. 2000, M. Buck (4 ♂, 2 ♀ INBC, DEBU); Monteverde, white pans in kitchen compost, 12 & 13.Jun. 2000, M. Buck (1 ♂, 3 ♀, DEBU); Monteverde, 15–20.Aug. 1986, L. Masner (14 ♂, 13 ♀, DEBU).
Taxon Treatment
- Marshall, Stephen A.; 2014: Albistyla, a new genus of Neotropical Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), Zootaxa 3793: 261-263. doi
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