Physemops panops Wirth 1970

Physemops panops Wirth

Physemops panops Wirth, 1970:175.

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION.—Resembling P. maldonadoi Wirth and P. fairchildi Wirth but differing from them and other congeners as follows: wing length 2.4 mm; antennal segments pale, yellowish; tibiae and tarsi pale, yellowish brown to yellowish, facial prominence yellow with very sparse tomentose vestiture, otherwise body mostly black.

Head: Posterolateroclinate fronto-orbital bristle well developed; arista moderately long, but less than twice combined length of first 3 antennal segments, with long setula-like rays on dorsal surface of basal one-half to two-thirds, longest ray about one-half width of third antennal segment; third antennal segment normally developed, slightly less than twice length of second segment; tomentum of face sparse dorsally, becoming denser ventrally and laterally, tomentum whitish to silvery white; facial setae uniform in size except for distinct pair of divergent, porrect setae inserted just below dorsal margin of facial prominence.

Thorax: Dorsocentral series with anterior setae moderately well developed, acrostichal series weakly developed anteriorly; mesonotum conspicuously sculptured, reticulate rugose, especially evident on scutellum, with iridescent metallic reflections, scutum silvery to faintly golden, scutellum more purplish to bluish; scutellum with lateral margins at basal one-fourth somewhat parallel, then angling inward distinctly for remainder of length to pointed apex, anterolateral scutellum bristles long, more than one-half length of apical pair; costal vein ratio 4.3; vein M ratio 2.0.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—HAITI.

PRIMARY TYPE MATERIAL.—Holotype male is labeled “Haiti W B Heed/Kenscoff 4000 ft/Feb 1956/HOLOTYPE Physemops panops W. W. Wirth [red; species name, sex, and “HO” handwritten].” The holotype is double mounted (glued to a paper point), is in good condition (some setae of the head missing), and is in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USNM 70667.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—This species is known only from the type-locality.

DISTRIBUTION.—New World tropics between 30° north latitude and 10° south latitude.