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Issue: Vol. 5353 No. 2: 9 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.2.5
Page range: 153-162
Abstract views: 139
PDF downloaded: 19

Description of a new species of Dixella from a cloud forest in Tlanchinol, Hidalgo and first record of Dixella aliciae (Johannsen) in Mexico (Diptera: Dixidae)

Laboratorio de Entomología; Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE); Francisco P. Miranda #177; Unidad Lomas de Plateros; DT. Álvaro Obregón; 01480; Ciudad de México; México
Instituto de Ecología; A.C.; Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad; Antigua Carretera a Coatepec No. 351; El Haya; Xalapa; 91073; Veracruz; México
Diptera aquatic flies meniscus midge Neotropical region taxonomy distribution new species new record

Abstract

We present the first record of Dixella aliciae (Johannsen) in Mexico, collected in the locality of Lagunas de Zempoala National Park, Morelos state. Additionally, a new species of the genus Dixella Dyar & Shannon, Dixella machiotla sp. nov., is described and illustrated; specimens were collected in a cloud forest at an altitude of 1750 meters, in the Municipality of Tlanchinol, Hidalgo state. This new species is characterized by the shape of the gonostylus, with its distinctive digitiform mesially directed process, and dark brown katepisternum, with a small pale spot in the middle of the posterior margin.

 

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