<strong>A new species of the genus <em>Micropeza </em>Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil</strong>

ÉRICA SEVILHA HARTERREITEN-SOUZA; EDISON RYOITI SUJII; JOSÉ ROBERTO PUJOL-LUZ

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.9

Issue: Vol. 3827 No. 3: 4 Jul. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-07-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.9

Page range: 392–396

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**A new species of the genus Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil**

ÉRICA SEVILHA HARTERREITEN-SOUZA⁺⁻
EDISON RYOITI SUJII⁺⁻
JOSÉ ROBERTO PUJOL-LUZ⁺⁻

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, 70770-917, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

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Abstract

The stilt-legged fly genus Micropeza contains 82 valid species. Currently 10 species are recorded in Brazil. Here we describe a new species, M. dactyloptera sp. nov., based on 108 specimens (55 males and 53 females) from the States of Goiás, Paraná, and Distrito Federal, Brazil.