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Longivena

Description

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Head. Postpedicel oval, small, narrow distally; two to six setae, and two to four ocellar macrosetae; vertex black or yellowish, usually sparsely gold tomentose; face black or yellow, gold tomentose; proboscis black with thin and yellow ventral setae; labial setae yellowish; occipital setae white or yellowish. Thorax: two black notopleural macrosetae; one to two black supra-alar macrosetae; two black postalar macrosetae; no anatergal setae; thin, yellowish and black, discal scutellar setae yellowish or black, katatergal macrosetae yellowish; setae on posterior meron + metanepisternum yellowish. Wing: Without costal dilation; bifurcation of R4+5 beyond apex of discal cell; R4 supernumerary crossvein present, complete, reaching R2+3, as long as 1/5–1/6 of R2+3 length (Figs 3, 12, 21, 34, 43); microtrichia on posterior wing margin arranged in a single plane. Legs: Femora black or light yellow (Figs 1, 10, 19, 28, 32, 41); fore femur with yellow setae ventrally, occasionally with some black setae. Male abdomen: sternite VIII may be developed medioapically (Figs 9, 23, 45). Male terminalia: oblique to body axis (Figs 1, 10, 19, 32, 41); epandrium divided proximally and halves approximated medially; hypandrium dorsoventrally flatenned medially; hypandrium partially fused to base of epandrium; aedeagus directed dorsally (Figs 5, 17, 26, 39, 48). Female terminalia: Tergite VIII long and slender (Figs 28, 30). Tergite IX + X membranous medioapically; three oval and sclerotized spermathecal capsules (Fig. 31).
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Rodrigo Vieira, José Albertino Rafael
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Vieira R, Rafael J (2014) Longivena, a new robber-fly genus from Brazil (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) ZooKeys (443): 119–138
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Rodrigo Vieira
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José Albertino Rafael
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Distribution

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Brazil: Maranhão, Bahia, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul states (Fig. 50).
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Rodrigo Vieira, José Albertino Rafael
bibliographic citation
Vieira R, Rafael J (2014) Longivena, a new robber-fly genus from Brazil (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) ZooKeys (443): 119–138
author
Rodrigo Vieira
author
José Albertino Rafael
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