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Issue: Vol. 5323 No. 2: 1 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1
Page range: 151-182
Abstract views: 219
PDF downloaded: 25

Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species

Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent); Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Rocky Mountain Research Station; USDA Forest Service; 1648 S. 7th Avenue; Bozeman; Montana 59717; USA
Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro; Campus Uberaba; Rua João Batista Ribeiro 4000; Distrito Industrial II; Uberaba; Minas Gerais 38064-790; Brazil
Coordenação de Biodiversidade (COBIO; INPA); Av. André Araújo; 2936; Petrópolis; CEP 69067-375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Diptera Dolichopodinae long-legged flies new species new synonyms Neotropical Region Nearctic Region

Abstract

The Paraclius arcuatus species-group is reviewed and includes the following seven species: P. angusticauda Van Duzee, 1933, P. angustipennis Van Duzee, 1929, P. arcuatus (Loew, 1861), P. brooksi sp. nov., P. elongatus Van Duzee, 1930, P. pumilio Loew, 1872, and P. xibun sp. nov. Paraclius angustipennis, P. arcuatus and P. pumilio are redescribed based on photographs of types and additional specimens. Paraclius femoratus Aldrich, 1901 is synonymized with P. arcuatus, syn. nov. and Paraclius magnicornis Van Duzee, 1927 is regarded as a junior synonym of P. pumilio, syn. nov. An identification key, distribution maps and high-resolution photographs of species are provided. In addition, the systematic position of Paraclius is discussed.

 

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