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Issue: Vol. 5301 No. 3: 12 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.3.2
Page range: 336-364
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Revision of New World species of Roederiodes Coquillett (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)

Canadian Food Inspection Agency; K.W. Neatby Bldg.; C.E.F.; 960 Carling Ave.; Ottawa; ON; Canada K1A 0C6; Canadian National Collection of Insects; Arachnids and Nematodes; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; K.W. Neatby Bldg.; C.E.F.; 960 Carling Ave.; Ottawa; ON; Canada K1A 0C6
Diptera aquatic dance flies North America Mexico Costa Rica new species DNA barcodes

Abstract

The New World species of Roederiodes Coquillett, 1901 are revised and includes the following 13 species, of which eight are new to science: R. browni sp. nov., R. chillcotti sp. nov., R. costaricensis sp. nov., R. dedota sp. nov., R. distinctus Chillcott, 1961, R. junctus Coquillett, 1901, R. lawrencei sp. nov., R. moultoni sp. nov., R. notialis sp. nov., R. recurvatus Chillcott, 1961, R. wigginsi Wilder, 1981, R. wirthi Chillcott, 1961 and R. woodi sp. nov. The following new synonyms are proposed: Roederiodes petersoni Chillcott, 1966 and R. vockerothi Chillcott, 1961 = R. junctus Coquillett, 1901. A key to all New World species is provided and their distributions mapped. COI mitochondrial DNA barcode sequences were obtained for seven Nearctic species of Roederiodes.

 

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