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Fri, 04/11/2008 - 14:00 — Irina Brake

Anapausis mourei Amorim & Balbi, 2006

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 18:30 — Dalton S Amorim
Diagnosis: 

The female of A. mourei sp. nov. can be immediately recognized by the large, tooth-like, well sclerotized projection mesally on T8+9.

Taxonomic data
Valid Genus: 
Anapausis
Species epithet: 
mourei
Author: 
Amorim & Balbi
Year: 
2006
Page: 
18
Synonyms: 
Other Information: 

Holotype female, MZSP

Description: Adult
Head: 

Head elliptical, covering posterior 3/4 of occiput, microtrichia covering posterior half; eye-bridge complete; flagellum with 8 articles, single regular whorl of setae per flagellomere except for distal one, with 2 whorls; lateral ocelli about twice width of mesal one; no setae on front above antennae; labella small, maxillary palpus well developed, slender to apex, covered with setae and microtrichia, sensory pits and sensillae absent; cardo well developed.

Thorax: 

Antepronotal setae, 32; proepisternals, 10; proepimerals, 8; spiracular sclerite setae, 8; anepisternals, 10/8; katepisternals, 13; mesepimerals, 6/3; merals, 4; subspiraculars, 4; supra-alars, 6; pedicelars, one; a number of longer scutellar setae not in regular row.

Wing: 

M1 long, broken at base, not converging basally towards M2; A1 produced; cell m1 with 3 macrotrichia; m2, 15; m4, 17–21; cuA2, 10–15; a1, 4–5.

Legs: 
Male abdomen: 
Female abdomen: 

S7 and T7 rectangular, unmodified. Terminalia (Fig. 27). Similar to those of A. clivicola, with pair of small, lateral tubercular projections on S8 with a number of setae, plus additional group of setae more anteriorly. T8+9 with odd mesal, well-sclerotized projection. Terminalia characteristically devoid of microtrichia.

Length: 
Body length, 2.48 mm; wing length, 1.80 mm; wing width, 0,72 mm.
Description: Immature stages
Egg: 
Larva: 
Puparium: 
General
Distribution: 

HOLOTYPE female, BRASIL, SP, Ribeirão Grande, Parque Estadual Intervales, Malaise Trap T3, 24º 15’ S, 48º 10’ W, 13–16.xii.2000, M.T. Tavares & eq. cols.

Biology: 
Discussion: 
Description in general words: 

Small sized, shinning brown scatopsids

Common name: 

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The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD) is a source of names and information about those names and the taxa to which they apply. The BDWD is a set of tools to aid users in finding information about flies. The two main components of the BDWD are the Nomenclator and the Species database.

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