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Issue: Vol. 5519 No. 2: 8 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.2.4
Page range: 243-256
Abstract views: 144
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Four new species of Mesorhaga Schiner (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with an identification key to South American species of the genus

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão; Laboratório de Estudos dos Invertebrados; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade; Ambiente e Saúde
Instituto Federal de Educação; Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP); Campus Avaré
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão; Laboratório de Estudos dos Invertebrados
Diptera biodiversity Neotropical Northeastern Brazil Sciapodinae taxonomy

Abstract

Four new species of the sciapodine genus Mesorhaga Schiner (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) are described from the states of Piauí and Maranhão (Northeastern Brazil): Mesorhaga danbickeli sp. nov., M. gomesi sp. nov., M. laetitia sp. nov. and M. parnasete sp. nov. All species are illustrated with photos of general habitus and genitalia of males, and an identification key to South American species is provided.

 

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