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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 3: 16 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.6
Page range: 383-394
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Two new species of Cephalops Fallén (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from Colombia, 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 -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.
Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Diptera big-headed fly biodiversity Páramo protected areas taxonomy

Abstract

Cephalops Fallén, 1810 has a cosmopolitan distribution. Two new species of Cephalops are here described from protected areas of Colombia, namely Cephalops baldiensis sp. nov. (type locality: Páramos Baldías, Antioquia) and C. farallonensis sp. nov. (type locality: Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali, Valle del Cauca). With this paper, the number of Cephalops species from the Neotropical Region increase from 17 to 19 and in Colombia from 5 to 7. Illustrations of the new species, dichotomous key to males and a distribution map of the Colombian species is presented.

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How to Cite

Ramos-Pastrana, Y., Córdoba-Suarez, E. & Wolff, M. (2025) Two new species of Cephalops Fallén (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from Colombia, and an updated key to males of the Neotropical species. Zootaxa, 5621 (3), 383–394. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.6