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Issue: Vol. 5343 No. 4: 11 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.4.4
Page range: 364-374
Abstract views: 188
PDF downloaded: 17

First records of Pieza Evenhuis, 2002 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Mythicomyiinae) from Colombia, with description of a new species from arid zones of a Tropical dry forest

Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología -LEUA-; Av. 11 5–69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia
Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología -LEUA-; Av. 11 5–69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia
J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology; Bishop Museum; 1525 Bernice Street; Honolulu; Hawaii 96817-2704; USA
Diptera Asiloidea diversity micro bee flies microbombyliids Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

Pieza Evenhuis, 2002 has a New World distribution and is a poorly studied group in the Neotropical Region, and completely unknown in Colombia. We recorded for the first time the genus Pieza in Colombia with two species, namely Pieza rafaeli Mendes et al., 2019 and we described Pieza globosa sp. nov. (type-locality: Sabanalarga, Boca de Niquia) from arid zones of a Tropical dry forest. Illustrations and a distribution map are presented.

 

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