taxonID	type	description	language	source
A5208784FFDAFFA2FDD0FA61FC2CFCC8.taxon	description	(Figures 1 A – I, 2, 3) Diagnosis Porphyrochroa atlantica sp. nov. differs from all other studied species by the tergite 7 in the form of an arrow posteriorly. Description Male. Body length 2.9 mm; wing length 2.7 mm. Head shiny dark-brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse angles of incident light. Eyes dichoptic. Frons and face shiny dark-brown. Frons slightly wider than anterior ocellus width, subparallel-sided, with three pairs proclinate setae. Face slightly longer and wider than frons width. Proboscis yellow, length equal to height of head. Palpus light-brown, with one small and almost apical seta. Ocellar tubercule with vitreous yellow ocellus; two proclinate ocellar setae; two proclinate postocellar setae. Antenna brown, with conspicuous grey pruinescence; scape and pedicel medially verticillate; flagellum about four times longer than scape and pedicel combined. Postcranium shiny brown, with distinct brown setae and little grey pruinescence; a pair of proclinate vertical setae; postocellar setae distinct, with dorsal stronger. Gena and postgena with grey pruinescence. Thorax shiny dark-brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse incident angles of light and conspicuous postsutural light-grey pruinescence. Thoracic setae: 4 ktg; 4 ap sctl; 1 pprn; 1 prepst; 3 acr; 4 dc; 1 p spal; 1 spal; 1 pal; 1 npl. Legs yellow with distinct and short setae. Wing hyaline with conspicuous pterostigma; anal lobe wide; R 2 + 3 curved (Figure 4 A). Halter light-brown. Abdomen shiny brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse angles of incident light. Sternites brown. Tergite 7 in arrow format posteriorly and with pair of posteroventral protuberances (Figure 1 A); tergite 8 concave posteriorly with few setae confined posterolaterally (Figure 1 A); sternite 7 wider than long (Figure 1 B); sternite 8 sub-square (Figure 1 B). Terminalia: epandrium digitiform (Figure 1 F). Hipandrium without setae with apex narrow (Figure 1 E, G). Cercus elongate with narrower superior projection in dorsal view (Figure 1 I); ejaculatory apodeme with four projections in anterior view (Figure 1 D); subepandrial sclerite as in Figure 1 H. Female. Unknown. Distribution Brazil (Paraná). Type material Holotype. Male: Antonina – PR, Reserva Sapitanduva, Brasil, 3 October 1986, Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR, Lâmpada \ Holotipo male Porphyrochroa atlantica sp. nov. (DZUP). Paratypes. Antonina – PR, Reserva Sapitanduva, Brasil, 2 October 1986, Lev. Ent. PRO- FAUPAR, Lâmpada (1 male, DZUP); 5 October 1986 (1 male, DZUP); 1 December 1986 (1 male, DZUP); 2 December 1986 (1 male, DZUP); Telêmaco Borba – PR, Reserva Samuel Klabin, Brasil, 1 December 1986, Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR, Malaise (1 male, DZUP). Holotype condition: right hindleg without tarsi; left wing mounted on microslide in Canada balsam; abdomen within microvial with glycerin. Microslide and microvial pinned along with the specimen. Etymology Atlantica refers to the Atlantic forest, where this species was collected.	en	Mendonça, Mirian Nascimento (2010): New species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from Paraná, Brazil and key to Brazilian species from southern and south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 44 (9 - 10): 615-624, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437333, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903437333
A5208784FFD6FFA2FEC7FC99FB80FAA8.taxon	description	(Figure 3) Porphyrochroa pacaraima Mendonça et al. 2008: 25. figs. 12 a – i, 19 b, 20; holotype male: Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, F. Esteio, R. 1501, Km- 41, ZF 3 \ 15 – 29 May 1995, L. E. F. R. Silva, Arm. suspensa, deposited in Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (examined). Distribution Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima). New record Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada [dos] Guimarães, 22 – 30 November 1983, J. E. Bindá \ Armadilha de Malaise Remark This is the first record of a species of Porphyrochroa to the Brazilian Cerrado.	en	Mendonça, Mirian Nascimento (2010): New species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from Paraná, Brazil and key to Brazilian species from southern and south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 44 (9 - 10): 615-624, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437333, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903437333
A5208784FFD6FFA0FDC1FA13FBF7FA05.taxon	description	(Figures 2, 3, 4 A – I) Diagnosis Porphyrochroa sierra sp. nov. differs in having the distal region of the mid tibia and anterior region of the mid basal tarsomere gradually wider and in the the singular format of the sternite 6 projected posteriorly on sternite 7. Description Male. Body length 4.6 mm; wing length 4.2 mm. Head shiny brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse angles of incident light. Eyes dichoptic. Frons and face shiny brown. Frons slightly narrower than anterior ocellus width, subparallel-sided, with four proclinate setae. Face longer than frons and the same frons width. Proboscis light-yellow, length equal to height of head. Palpus light-brown, with one small and almost apical seta. Ocellar tubercule with vitreous yellow ocellus; two proclinate ocellar setae; two proclinate postocellar setae. Antenna brown, with conspicuous grey pruinescence; scape twice as long as pedicel; scape and pedicel medially verticillate; flagellum about four times longer than scape and pedicel combined. Postcranium shiny brown, with distinct brown setae and little grey pruinescence; a pair of proclinate vertical setae; postocellar setae distinct, with dorsal stronger. Gena and postgena with brown setae and grey and sparse pruinescence. Thorax shiny dark-brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse incident light angles and conspicuous postsutural grey pruinescence. Thoracic setae: 5 ktg; 4 ap sctl; 1 pprn; 3 prepst; 1 acr; 4 dc; 1 p spal; 1 spal; 1 pal; 1 npl. Fore end mid legs yellow with half of tibia and tarsi brown. Hindleg brown with trochanters yellow. Distal region of the mid tibia and anterior region of the mid basal tarsomere gradually wider. Mid tibia with one ventral spiniform setae. Mid basal tarsomere with dorsal and anterodorsal spiniform setae. All legs with distinct and short setae. Wing light-brown with inconspicuous pterostigma; anal lobe wide; R 2 + 3 curved (Figure 4 B). Halter yellow. Abdomen shiny brown, with metallic green lustre in diverse angles of incident light. Sternites brown. Tergite 6 with narrower projection in the apex (Figure 4 A); tergite 7 square in dorsal view and with pair of posteroventral protuberances (Figure 4 A); tergite 8 with few setae confined posterolaterally (Figure 4 A); sternite 6 projected posteriorly on sternite 7 (Figure 4 B); sternite 7 stay under sternite 6 in dorsal view (Figure 4 B). Terminalia: epandrium subtriangular (Figure 4 F). Hipandrium with setae posteroinferiorly with apex narrow (Figure 4 D, E). Cercus elongate (Figure 4 H); ejaculatory apodeme with three projections in anterior view (Figure 4 G); subepandrial sclerite with base longer than arms (Figure 4 i). Female. Unknown. Distribution Brazil (Paraná). Type material Holotype male: S. [ão] José [dos] Pinhais – PR [Paraná], Ser. [ra] [do] Mar Br 277 Km 54, Brasil, 29. xi. 1986, Lev. [antamento] Ent. [omológico] PROFAUPAR, Lâmpada \ Holotipo male Porphyrochroa sierra sp. nov. (DZUP). Paratypes: the same data as the holotype (8 male, DZUP). Holotype in perfect condition; abdomen within microvial containing glycerin; microslide and microvial pinned attached to the specimen. Etymology Sierra refers to the region where this species was collected, the Serra do Mar.	en	Mendonça, Mirian Nascimento (2010): New species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from Paraná, Brazil and key to Brazilian species from southern and south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 44 (9 - 10): 615-624, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437333, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903437333
