<strong>New genus and species of Neotropical robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae)</strong>

JORGE N. ARTIGAS; RODRIGO VIEIRA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.3.5

Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 3: 6 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-06

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.3.5

Page range: 282–288

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New genus and species of Neotropical robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae)

JORGE N. ARTIGAS⁺⁻
RODRIGO VIEIRA⁺⁻

Departamento de Zoología, Casilla 160 C, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CBIO – Coordenação de Biodiversidade, CEP 69060-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Bolsista PNPD-CNPq.

Brachycera distribution Papaverellus aureocingulatus new genus & species taxonomy

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Abstract

A new genus and species of Papaverellus aureocingulatus from Brazil, belonging to the asilid subfamily, is described and illustrated. Photographs of the habitus of the male and female in lateral view, and male terminalia in ventral view are provided. The systematic position of Papaverellus gen. nov. is suggested and will be addressed in a future paper.