1928] 
A New Species of Coniceromyia from Cuba 
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A NEW SPECIES OF CONICEROMYIA FROM CUBA 
(DIPTERA; PHORID^E.) 1 
By Charles T. Brues. 
In 1923 Borgemeier described from South America a re- 
markable genus of Phoridse to which he gave the name of Coni- 
ceromyia. It is characterized by the extremely elongated, pointed 
antennae of the male which bear an apical arista. The male also 
has the front tibiae remarkably modified in the type species, with 
a large bristle near the base followed by a deep emargination of 
the tibia. Later (’24) he added two other species, one of which 
has the front tarsi much flattened in the male, with a long, 
finger-like process extending from the edge of the basal joint. 
Furthermore, the costal vein is strongly thickened in both sexes. 
Recently while in Cuba at the Harvard Biological Labora- 
tory, I had an opportunity to visit the San Juan Mountains, 
which lie to the southeast of Soledad where the laboratory is 
located. In the material collected there I find a species of Coni- 
ceromyia, represented by both sexes, quite different from any of 
the South American forms. 
It may be distinguished as follows: 
Key to the Species of Coniceromyia. 
1. Anterior tibia with a series of three large stout bristles on 
the basal half; front tarsi of male greatly widened, the 
first joint with a long slender projection from its edge 
near apex (Fig. 1 , b) C. cubensis sp. nov. 
Anterior tibia with only one large bristle, placed before the 
middle, or with two in this position 2. 
2. Thorax dark fuscous in color, anterior tibia with a series of 
two bristles before the middle C. fusca Borgm. 
Thorax yellowish or ferruginous, anterior tibia with a single 
large bristle before the middle, sometimes with a much 
smaller one immediately next to it . . . 3 . 
Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institu- 
tion, Harvard University, no. 300 
