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Issue: Vol. 2274 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2274.1.3
Page range: 51–61
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and notes on the systematic position of Cheiromyia Dyte

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
Diptera Paraclius Cheiromyia Dolichopodidae Dolichopodinae Atlantic Forest taxonomy

Abstract

Four new species of Paraclius Loew from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described and illustrated: P. amphiatheratus, sp. nov., P. parenti, sp. nov., P. sagittatus, sp. nov., and P. dicrophallus, sp. nov. The condition of their enlarged sperm pump, also seen in the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte, is briefly discussed. Comments on the phylogenetic position of Cheiromyia are presented in light of new data from female terminalia of that genus.

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