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Published: 2025-07-10
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A new species of Agenamyia Albuquerque (Diptera: Muscidae) from Andean Amazon, Colombia

Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología -LEUA-; Av. 11 5–69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia.
Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología -LEUA-; Av. 11 5–69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia.
Diptera Diversity Neotropical region protected areas taxonomy Tropical rainforest

Abstract

Agenamyia Albuquerque, 1953 is restricted to the Neotropical region with six known species, four of them from Colombia. Here we described one new species from Andean Amazon Colombia, namely Agenamyia andaki sp. nov. (type-locality: La Resaca, Parque Natural Municipal La Resaca), and present an updated identification key to segregate all the species, including color images and illustrations of male terminalia. The distribution of all species of Colombia is mapped.

 

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How to Cite

Ramos-Pastrana, Y. & Córdoba-Suarez, E. (2025) A new species of Agenamyia Albuquerque (Diptera: Muscidae) from Andean Amazon, Colombia. Zootaxa, 5660 (3), 426–434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.3.8