Amiota sinaloensis Jones & Grimaldi 2022, sp. nov.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Amiota sinaloensis, sp. nov. Figures 70C–D, 72H–I, 80, 96C DIAGNOSIS: Small to medium-sized fly (ThL 1.02–1.18 mm); dark brown, including entire pleura; frons dark, dull, wide; legs yellow; cheek deep, light brown; postpronotal lobe marking faint, subalar spot very faint or absent; arista with few, very short branches; cerci flattened, positioned low, ventral margins in line with ventral level of epandrium; surstylus apically narrow, with ca. 5 prensisetae; subepandrial appendage well developed; outer paraphyses asymmetrical, relatively short, forming L-shaped structure in lateral view, ventrally with 2 basal ostia; inner paraphysis lost. DESCRIPTION: Small to medium-sized fly (ThL 1.02–1.18 mm), body dark brown, uniformly so, even entire pleura including katepisternum; legs yellow. Frons dark, blackish-brown dorsally, light brown ventrally at lateral corners; relatively narrow (FML/FMW 0.20–0.28). Cheek deep (EL/CW 7.57–7.62), very light brown. Palp yellow. Postpronotal lobe marking faint, subalar spot extremely faint to absent. Arista: Short, plumose; longest branch D2; A.R. 0.28; 2 dorsal branches at base, 2 ventral branches preapically; branch D3 pointed mediad; arista trunk with short to mediumlength microtrichia to apex. Male genitalia: Epandrium dorsally complete, margin discrete from membrane below; row of long ventral setae in lateral view. Cercus wedge shaped, flattened, dorsally narrow, ventrally expanded with flat margin, extending slightly beyond epandrium in lateral view; very large membranous area dorsally. Surstylus with broad base, apical half a narrow lobe; row of setulae on medial and lateral margins; 5 short prensisetae, apices blunt. Subepandrial appendage present, U-shaped, each distal end connected to membranous sheath bearing microtrichia; roughly heart shaped. Outer paraphyses asymmetrical; short, stout, heavily sclerotized; bases broad, narrowed apically; right paraphysis with bifid spine projected posteriorly, plus 2 smaller, simple ventral spines; left one with 3 short spines; 1 long preapical trichoid sensilla on each, plus several smaller ones, ventrally with 2 small ostia near base. Inner paraphysis lost. Aedeagal apodeme flared with a concave depression; basal end with deep V-shaped notch, heavily sclerotized “flange” arising at the base and connecting to the midpoint; bent nearly 90° in lateral. Hypandrium thin at apex, forming distinct, wrinkled wings adjacent to paraphyses. Ejaculatory apodeme large, equal to depth of epandrium; heavily sclerotized. Head and thorax measurements: (n = 3; Am 433, 1415, 1419) FL/ FW 0.69 (0.62–0.73), EL/EW 1.25 (1.23–1.27), EL/CW 7.58 (7.57–7.62), FML/FMW 0.24 (0.20–0.28), PR /RR 0.41 (0.40–0.44), ThL 1.10 (1.02–1.18 mm). TYPE MATERIAL: Holotype: male: Portrerillos, Sin. [Sinaloa], 15 mi. W. El Palmito, MEX., [23.578657, -106.216630], 11.VII.1964, J.F. McAlpine, 5000′, Am 1419, [glued directly to pin, dissected]. Deposited in the Canadian National Collection (CNC). Paratype: Portrerillos, Sin. [Sinaloa], 15 mi. W. El Palmito, MEX., 8.VII.1964, J.F. McAlpine, 5000′, 1♂ (Am 1415*, CNC). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Mexico: Chiapas: FincaPrusia (33km S. Jaltenango), 1000m, 1985-05-10 through 1985-05-12, leg. A. Freidberg, 1♂ (Am 433*, AMNH); 9 mi SW Teopisca Hwy 24, 1969-05-23, leg. B. V. Peterson, 1♂ (Am 1503*, CNC). ETYMOLOGY: Derived from Sinaloa State in Mexico, location of the type series. DISTRIBUTION: Amiota sinaloensis is currently known from Sinaloa and Chiapas states in Mexico. COMMENTS: It is unknown whether this species is attracted to the eyes and face as in other Amiota.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.007 | 0.004 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".