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Issue: Vol. 2641 No. 1: 11 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2641.1.6
Page range: 55–61
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

A second known species of Eratomyia Amorim & Rindal (Diptera, Rangomaramidae, Chiletrichinae) from Colombia

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Setor de Ecologia e Evolução, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Partially developed under FAPESP grant 03/10274-9
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Setor de Ecologia e Evolução, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Partially developed under FAPESP grant 07/59466-8
Diptera Systematics Rangomaramidae Chiletrichinae Neotropical Region biodiversity

Abstract

A second species of the genus Eratomyia Amorim & Rindal —E. risaralda, sp. n.— is described from Risaralda, Colombia, based on one male and three females. The female of Eratomyia is described for the first time. A number of striking modifications in the female terminalia shared with Chiletricha Chandler support the hypothesis that they are sister genera within the Rangomaramidae. The position of Chiletricha and Eratomyia within the Chiletrichinae is discussed.

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