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Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:00 — Gail

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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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 16:52 — Brad Sinclair
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Sat, 09/20/2008 - 16:12 — Wiggy
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(Photo G. Haldimann)
http://www.museum-neuchatel.ch/scientifique/images/mouche.jpg

Thu, 09/18/2008 - 16:45 — Wiggy

Chen W. Young. 2005. The Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly

Systema naturae

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:14 — Torsten
Publication Type  Book
Year of Publication  1758
Authors  Linnaeus, C.
City  Holmiae
Publisher  L. Salvii
Volume  1
Number of Pages  824
Edition  10
URL  http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277

About the Grant

National Science Foundation: Assembling the Tree of Life (grant program description)

Project:Building the Dipteran Tree of Life: Cooperative Research in Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics of True Flies (Insecta: Diptera). EF-0334948 Award duration: 1 January 2004-31 December 2008.

Project Summary (pdf)

Taxa in 1st Tier Study

(42 Diptera; 4 Outgroup Taxa)

Scientific Name links to FLYTREE Sequencing Progress Database, taxon-specific links to Index to Organism Names (ION), Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), and other informative sites.

FLYTREE

With nearly 150,000 described species, flies (the insect order Diptera), are among the most diverse groups of living organisms on the planet.

This diversity transcends simple species numbers and is demonstrated in the great breadth of morphological, ecological, and behavioral variation found in the group.

Flies have a deep evolutionary history that extends back to the Permian Period, over 250 million years ago.

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