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Issue: Vol. 5005 No. 3: 27 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.6
Page range: 317-328
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Three new species of Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from the Mexican Transition Zone

Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Biogeografia de Diptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, 81531–980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Biogeografia de Diptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, 81531–980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
biodiversity highlands morphology North America taxonomy Diptera

Abstract

The genus Botanophila Lioy has several species distributed in North America, but none had been recorded from Mexico. Here we describe three new species of Botanophila from the highlands of the Mexican Transition Zone. We include images of habitus, drawings of the terminalia and a key to facilitate the identification of species. Remarkably, the male of the new species has dichoptic eyes, an unusual characteristic in Anthomyiidae.

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