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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 2: 20 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.1
Page range: 151-188
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Taxonomic revision of Dolichophaonia de Carvalho (Diptera: Muscidae) with the description of three new species

Biodiversity and Biogeography Lab – Diptera; Department of Zoology; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); C.P. 19020; 81531– 980; Curitiba; Brazil; Laboratorio de Entomología Forense; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forenses; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Ciudad de México; México
Biodiversity and Biogeography Lab – Diptera; Department of Zoology; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); C.P. 19020; 81531– 980; Curitiba; Brazil
Diptera House fly identification key Muscoidea Neotropical Region

Abstract

Dolichophaonia de Carvalho is a mainly Neotropical genus comprising 27 species, including 25 from the Neotropics and two from the Nearctic region. Here, a diagnosis, habitus images, male and female terminalia drawings, an identification key, and distributional maps are presented. In addition, three new species are described from the following localities: Barro Colorado (Madre de Dios, Peru), Cananéia (São Paulo, Brazil), and Monteverde (Puntarenas, Costa Rica).

 

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How to Cite

Gomes, L.R.P. & Carvalho, C.J.B.D. (2025) Taxonomic revision of Dolichophaonia de Carvalho (Diptera: Muscidae) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 5683 (2), 151–188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.1