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Issue: Vol. 5389 No. 4: 21 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.4.4
Page range: 459-472
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Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of three new species and an updated key to males of the Neotropical species

Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología; Av. 11 5–69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Diptera big-headed fly diversity Pipunculinae Pipunculini taxonomy

Abstract

Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 is a cosmopolitan genus of big-headed flies (Pipunculidae), with nine known species in the Neotropical region, but completely unknown in Colombia. Three new species of Pipunculus are described from Colombia, namely Pipunculus caeruleus sp. nov. (type-locality: Páramo de Santa Inés, Belmira), P. chiminiguagua sp. nov. (type-locality: Cabaña Chaina, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque) and P. planus sp. nov. (type-locality: Los Mudos, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque). Illustrations and a new dichotomic key to the Neotropical species are presented. This paper increases the number of Neotropical Pipunculus to 11, five in South America and three in Colombia, which is now the South American country with the highest diversity of this genus.

 

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