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Issue: Vol. 5686 No. 4: 29 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.4
Page range: 517-535
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Taxonomic review of the family Mythicomyiidae (Diptera, Asiloidea) in the Canary Islands

Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group; Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC); 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group; Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC); 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; 38206 La Laguna (Tenerife; Spain)
Diptera taxonomy new species endemic species chorology Macaronesia

Abstract

Taxonomy and distribution of the family Mythicomyiidae in the Canary Islands are reviewed. Before this study, seven species belonging to five genera had been reported, with six of them being endemics. Three endemic species are described as new: Empidideicus guguy sp. nov., Empidideicus tagoror sp. nov., and Mythenteles tamaragua sp. nov. Cyrtosia canariensis was described based on a specimen belonging to Cephalodromia humeralis and it is now considered a junior synonym of Cephalodromia humeralis. Cyrtosia canariensis f. tenuis is elevated to Cyrtosia tenuis stat. nov. and the syntype is now designated as the lectotype. Photographs and illustrations of wing pattern and genitalia are also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Suárez, D., Lugo, D., Santos-Perdomo, I., Duque, A., Pérez-Delgado, A.J. & Ruiz, C. (2025) Taxonomic review of the family Mythicomyiidae (Diptera, Asiloidea) in the Canary Islands. Zootaxa, 5686 (4), 517–535. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.4