taxonID	type	description	language	source
C3031F7AAD07FF8E2C39FCB39981115E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Central part of anterior margin of frons swollen, glossy; frontal plate strongly sclerotized, glossy, more developed than frontorbital plate. Legs pale, with dark spot on femora and tibiae. Wing brown, spotted with nearly rounded yellow­hyaline areas.	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
C3031F7AAD07FF8C2C39FB3199AC16A0.taxon	description	Length: body 5 mm; wing 4.5 mm. Head (figs. 1 A, B): vertex carenate; ocellar triangle close to vertex, ocellar tubercle not well developed. Frons longer than wide, brownish; in profile convex; anterior part slightly conical, protruding over antennal base; hump arising from the ocellar region, shining brown, with two velvety black spots; anterior margin yellowish, slightly concave in dorsal view. Face slightly convex; dull, whitish yellow, with two small brown spots in upper ½; lower facial margin short. Eye oval, posteroventral outline concave, lower ½ strongly narrowed. Parafacial and gena narrow; parafacial yellow; gena brown anteriorly, whitish yellow posteriorly. Brown antenno­orbital spot between eye and antennal base. Mouthparts brownish yellow; palpus strongly slender, yellow. Antenna: yellow; scape shorter than pedicel; first flagellomere long, oval, with rather long dorsal pubescence; arista brown, long plumose above and below. Chaetotaxy: outer vertical seta 2 / 3 length of inner vertical seta, long; ocellar seta absent; postocellar setae short, cruciate; orbital setae reclinate, anterior seta 2 / 3 length of posterior seta, inserted closer to anterior frontal margin than to posterior seta; 2 strong genal setae; supravibrissal setae short. Thorax: brown; mesonotum with paired wide, grayish vittae; proepisternum yellowish; pleurae grayish pruinose, brown, with yellowish dorsal longitudinal stripe; scutellum with yellowish apex; mesonotum strongly curved; scutellum flat. Chaetotaxy: dorsocentral setae arranged 0 + 2, posteriorly located, anterior seta smaller than posterior seta; 1 postpronotal seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 prescutellar acrostichal seta; 8 rows of acrostichal setulae; intra­alar seta absent; 1 presutural and 1 postsutural supra­alar setae; 2 postalar setae; 1 proepisternal seta; 1 katepisternal seta; 1 anepisternal seta; anepimeron bare; 2 scutellar setae, apical pair slightly diverging. Legs: mostly yellow; fore tibia and fore tarsus whitish; tibiae with sub­basal and apical brown rings; apices of tarsi darker. Chaetotaxy: fore coxa with 1 preapical dorsal seta, 2 apical dorsal setae; fore femur with posterior row of setae; fore tibia with 1 short preapical dorsal seta; mid coxa with apical row of setae; mid femur with anterodorsal row of setae and 1 short apical posteroventral seta; mid tibia with 1 preapical anterodorsal seta, 1 strong apical ventral seta and many apical strong setulae; hind coxa with 1 posterior seta and 1 apical dorsal seta; hind femur with 1 subapical anterodorsal seta, and anterior, anterodorsal and posterodorsal preapical setae; hind tibia with 1 short preapical seta. Wing (fig. 1 C): brown, with many paler spots and narrow apical band; veins brown; costa sapromyziform; R bare; crossvein r­m beyond middle of discal cell; crossvein dm­cu in median 1 / 3 of r 4 + 5; longitudinal veins almost parallel; anal vein shorter than length cell cup. Halter destroyed in the holotype. Abdomen: brown; holotype with just the first five tergites, other parts destroyed.	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
C3031F7AAD05FF8A2C39FB2399EF10F0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This species is distinguished by a darker body with grayish pruinosity; a shiny dark brown hump on the frons; and pale legs with dark rings on femora.	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
C3031F7AAD05FF8A2C39FB2399EF10F0.taxon	description	Description Male: Length: body 6.2 mm; wing 5.0 mm. Head (figs. 2 A, B): vertex sharp; ocellar triangle dark brown, close to vertex. Frons almost square; posterior ½ yellow, frontal plate bright brown, strongly sclerotized, more elevated than fronto­orbital plate; black­velvet antenno­orbital spot large, extending from anterior to lateral margins; with one white pruinose spot at top of parafacial; anterior margin straight, almost in same plane as face. Face dull; in profile straight; light yellow, with wide brown transverse stripe medially. Eye oval; posteroventral outline concave. Parafacial narrow; gena short, whitish yellow with white pruinosity. Mouthparts whitish yellow, distal parts darker; palpus slender, dark brown. Antenna: scape shorter than pedicel, both yellow; pedicel with long apical ventral bristles; first flagellomere long (length 2,5 times basal width), yellow, apex and ventral part brown; first flagellomere with dorso­apical pubescence; arista black, long plumose, rays longer dorsally. Chaetotaxy: outer vertical seta 2 / 3 length of inner vertical setae; ocellar seta minute; postocellar setae long, cruciate; orbital setae reclinate, anterior seta 2 / 3 length of posterior seta; 2 genal setae. Thorax: with grayish pruinosity; mesonotum slightly arched, dark brown; scutellum flat, apical margin rounded and yellow; pleura brown, with whitish yellow central longitudinal stripes through proepimeron, proepisternum, and lower part of anepisternum, katatergite and anatergite. Chaetotaxy: dorsocentral setae arranged 0 + 2, posteriorly located, anterior seta smaller than posterior seta; 1 prescutellar acrostichal seta; 8 rows of acrostichal setulae; intra­alar seta absent; 1 presutural and 1 postsutural supra­alar setae; 2 postalar setae; 1 postpronotal seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 minute proepisternal seta; 1 anepisternal seta; anepimeron bare; 1 katepisternal seta; 2 scutellar setae, apical pair parallel. Legs: whitish yellow with brown stripes on most segments: basal ½ of fore femur, basal 1 / 3 of mid and hind femora, last three tarsomeres of mid and hind tarsi; mid and hind tibiae brown, with basal and subapical lighter stripes. Chaetotaxy: fore coxa with 1 subapical dorsal seta, 1 apical dorsal seta; fore femur with posterodorsal and posteroventral rows of setae; mid coxa with apical row of setae; mid tibia with 1 preapical anterodorsal seta, 1 strong apical ventral seta; hind coxa with 1 apical dorsal seta; hind femur with 1 subapical dorsal seta; hind tibia with 1 preapical dorsal seta. Wing (fig. 2 C) patterned, brown with light yellow rounded spots; veins brown; costa sapromyziform; R bare; crossvein r­m in apical 1 / 3 of discal cell; crossvein dm­cu in basal 1 / 3 of r 4 + 5; longitudinal veins slightly sinuous in middle of wing; R 4 + 5 approaching M close to apex; anal vein shorter than cell cup. Halter whitish yellow. Abdomen: dark brown with grayish pruinosity. Terminalia (fig. 3): epandrium subrectangular in lateral view. Surstyli rounded, small, free from epandrium. Hypandrium semirounded, narrow, with pointed median projection. Paramere present as a bipartite lobe. Aedeagus short cylindrical; with long inner stylets in apical portion; aedeagal apodeme small, rod­like; small ejaculatory apodeme present. Sternite 10 present, well developed, joining bases of surstyli. Cercus wide, papillate. Female: unknown.	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
C3031F7AAD05FF8A2C39FB2399EF10F0.taxon	etymology	Etymology pulcher (Latin), meaning beautiful + penna (Latin), meaning feather, to denote the patterned wing of this species. To be treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
C3031F7AAD05FF8A2C39FB2399EF10F0.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype: male; Brazil, Pará, Belém, Mocambo, 1. vii. 1965, H. S. Lopes & P. W. Miranda coll. (MZSP). Paratypes: 1 male, same data as holotype (MZSP); 1 male, Brazil, Amazonas, Tapuruquara, Rio Negro, 26 – 27. xi. 1962, J. Bechyné coll. (MZSP).	en	Silva, Vera Cristina (2006): Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 1249: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172981
