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Issue: Vol. 2421 No. 1: 8 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2421.1.3
Page range: 35–48
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 1

Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
Diptera Phoridae Coniceromyia taxonomy Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Abstract

Five new species of Coniceromyia from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil are herein described– Coniceromyia apechoneura, sp. nov., C. brandaoi, sp. nov., C. diaphaniptera, sp. nov., C. franciscana, sp. nov., and C. sanctaetheresae, sp. nov. Both C. diaphaniptera and C. franciscana have patterned wings. The male foretibia provides important diagnostic features for the species, as well as additional characters to propose clades within the genus. The male hypopygial morphology is described.

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