Mberu bodoquena, Silva & Capellari & Oliveira, 2025

Silva, Paulo Cesar, Capellari, Renato S. & Oliveira, Sarah S., 2025, Revision and morphological phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of twelve new species, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 469-514 : 477

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562662
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B18E5C-FF97-FFCF-5AAD-4CA6FC7CF8C7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mberu bodoquena
status	sp. nov.

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Mberu bodoquena sp. nov.

( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Male. Body length: 2.41–2.75 mm. Wing length: 2.16–2.86 mm longer, 0.54–0.80 mm wide (n = 4). Similar to M. altamiro sp. nov. in both general habitus and overall chaetotaxy, except as noted. Head ( Figs 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ). Complete row of white pocl s, increasing in size ventrally, ventralmost dense and sinuous, as long as anterior setae at base of coxa I ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); lower occiput covered by numerous white, sinuous ocp s, increasing in size ventrally, as long as lower pocl s ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ). Pedicel yellow, with dorsal surface brown; postpedicel about 1.45 times longer than basal width; stylus about 4.9 times longer than postpedicel. Thorax ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Brown, with some dark green reflections. Wing ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Membrane hyaline, veins brown; venation reticulated, with five short spurious veins arising from M 1 and one from crossvein dm-m; dm-m distorted, S-shaped; M 4 not reaching wing margin, ending at small brown spot near wing margin; RMx ratio = 2.8, CuAx ratio = 2.5. Legs ( Fig. 3B–E View FIGURE 3 ). Legs mostly brown, yellow at apex of tibia II, IIt1, femur III at apex, and tibia III near base and on apical 3/4. Leg I. Anterior surface of coxa I largely covered with white, fine setae, decreasing in length towards apex, basalmost ones longer, sinuous, and conspicuously longer than width of coxa I ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ) (MSSC); base of femur I with 2–4 long, white pv setae, sometimes bunched together and 2–3 tiny hairs posteriad (MSSC); apex of femur I with 2–3 strong dorsal setae (MSSC); tibia I with row of 8–10 ad brown setae at basal half, decreasing in size towards apex (MSSC). Leg II. Femur II with ad row of strong, conspicuous brown setae along apical 2/3, decreasing in length towards apex ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ) (MSSC). Tibia II with anterior row of long, conspicuous brown setae, strongly curved medially ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ) (MSSC). Leg III. Coxa III with one conspicuous, long, pale seta near base, one pale setula posteriad and one pale setula anteriad. Relative podomere ratios: I: 1.5/ 10.4/ 6.6/ 1.5/ 1.3/ 1/ 1.1; II: 13.8/ 9.8/ 10.9/ 3.7/ 2.4/ 1.4/ 1; III: 11.8/ 13.4/ 5.6/ 5.8/ 3.3/ 1.4/ 1.1.

Hypopygium. As in M. altamiro sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ) (see Discussion). Female. Body length: 2.8–3.3 mm. Wing: 2.5–2.9 mm long, 0.9–1.1 mm wide (n = 3). Habitus similar to male, except for MSSCs and as noted. Head. Face slightly broader (about as broad as ocellar tubercle), slightly wider towards clypeus, clypeal suture more evident. Wing ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ). R 4+5, M 1 and crossvein dm-m without spurious veins, sometimes just with some dark points near veins, variable among specimens; R 4+5 only slightly concave on distal half, not as close to margin as in males; M 1 complete, reaching wing margin; crossvein dm-m less distorted; RMx ratio = 4.4, CuAx ratio = 0.6. Legs. Mostly yellow. Coxa II and III dark brown; femora yellow to pale brown; coxa I covered by short, scattered pale setae anteriorly; tibia II with one ad at 1/4 and one near middle, and four apical setae. Relative podomere ratios: I: 9.9/ 8.9/ 4.5/ 2.6/ 1.5/ 1/ 1.2; II: 9.5/ 9.2, 7.2/ 3.5/ 1.9/ 1.3/ 1; III: 9.6/ 11.8/ 3.9/ 4.4/ 2.3/ 1.4/ 1. Abdomen. Tergite 1–5 with short vestiture of black setae. Sternites light brown, covered by a few black setae. Oviscapt telescoping into presegments, acanthophorites (tergites 9+10) flattened, prolonged and fused to cerci, with apical spines (e.g. Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).

Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, “SISBIOTA - | CNPQ/FAPESP [Vertical line] | BRASIL [ BRAZIL], MS [Mato Grosso do Sul], Bodoquena, | Fazenda [Farm] Califórnia (topo [top]) | 20º41′55.9″S 56º52′49.4″W | Malaise 6, 8-22.viii.2011, | Lamas, Nihei et al. leg.”, “HOLOTYPE | Mberu bodoquena | Silva, Capellari & Oliveira [red label]” ( MZUSP) GoogleMaps . Holotype in good condition, genitalia not dissected. PARATYPES. Brazil. Mato Grosso do Sul. Same data as holotype (1 ♂, 3 ♀, one dissected, MZUSP). GoogleMaps Same data except, 22.viii.2011 (1 ♂, MZUSP). GoogleMaps Same data except, 22.viii–6.ix.2011 (1 ♂, MZUSP) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. Toponymic, referring to the type-locality and treated as a noun in apposition.

Remarks. Mberu bodoquena sp. nov. is similar to M. ericae sp. nov., M. pepocatu and M. jawara sp. nov., with a number of male secondary sexual characters, such as modified setation on the legs and conspicuously modified wing venation, but M. bodoquena sp. nov. can be differentiated by wing venation in males slightly modified, with short spurious veins arising from M 1 and dm-m; dm-m distorted, S-shaped; M 4 not reaching wing margin, ending in a little brown spot near wing margin ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ), while in M. ericae sp. nov. the wing membrane is unmodified ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ) and in M. pepocatu and M. jawara sp. nov. the wing membrane bears more pronounced modifications ( Figs 5G View FIGURE 5 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 ). Brazil: state of Mato Grosso do Sul (Cerrado biome).

Comments. Mberu bodoquena sp. nov. is one of the morphospecies collected in Mato Grosso do Sul ( Brazil) during SISBIOTA-Diptera Brazilian Network (see Lamas et al. 2023).