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Issue: Vol. 4890 No. 3: 3 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.10
Page range: 439–445
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 4

A remarkable new species of Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Caatinga biome, Brazil

Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
Coordenação de Biodiversidade (COBIO, INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Diptera Neotropical Region stilt-legged flies Micropezinae

Abstract

We report for the first time the occurrence of genus Micropeza from Caatinga biome, through the description of M. chiroptera sp. nov. The new species is probably closely related to M. dactyloptera Harterreiten-Souza, Sujii & Pujol-Luz, 2014 by the finger-shaped projection on costal vein. A key of Micropeza species with a finger-shaped projection on costal vein and a distribution map of these species are provided.

 

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