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Issue: Vol. 5660 No. 4: 11 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.10
Page range: 596-600
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Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) recorded for the first time from Ecuador

Museum Koenig Bonn; Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels; Adenauerallee 127; 53113 Bonn; Germany; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad; División de Entomología; Quito; Ecuador
Plant Pest Diagnostics Centre; California Department of Food and Agriculture; 3294 Meadowview Road; Sacramento; CA 95832-1448; U.S.A.
Diptera new record Atriadops macula DNA barcoding Napo Province Amazonian forest

Abstract

The genus Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) occurs in the Neotropical, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian Regions. It is easily recognized by not having ocelli and the vestigial mouthparts. Out of the seven recognized species worldwide, only one is present in the Neotropics, A. macula (Wiedemann, 1824). We report the first record of Atriadops from Ecuador, a female of A. macula, from the Napo Province, provide the first DNA barcode for the species, and discuss the possible reasons for the low number of records of this genus.

 

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How to Cite

Mengual, X. & Hauser, M. (2025) Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) recorded for the first time from Ecuador. Zootaxa, 5660 (4), 596–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.10