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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 3: 22 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.3
Page range: 469-514
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Revision and morphological phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of twelve new species

Universidade Federal de Goiás; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Avenida Esperança; s/n; Campus Samambaia; Goiânia; Goiás 74690-900 Brazil.
Instituto Federal de São Paulo; Campus Avaré; Av. Professor Celso Ferreira da Silva; 1333; Jardim Europa; Avaré; São Paulo 18707- 150; Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Avenida Esperança; s/n; Campus Samambaia; Goiânia; Goiás 74690-900 Brazil.
Diptera Neurigoninae Neurigonini phylogenetic analysis South America taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim of the subfamily Neurigoninae (Dolichopodidae) was previously known only from the type-species. Herein, the genus is revised and now includes thirteen species from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, including twelve newly described. All the following species were photographed and a distributional map is also provided: M. altamiro sp. nov., M. amorimi sp. nov., M. bodoquena sp. nov., M. britoi sp. nov., M. ericae sp. nov., M. jawara sp. nov., M. lamasi sp. nov., M. lopesi sp. nov., M. murtiniensis sp. nov., M. pepocatu Capellari & Amorim, 2011, M. periotoi sp. nov., M. soaresi sp. nov. and M. takwajasu sp. nov. An identification key for males of the genus is provided and a morphological phylogenetic analysis of Mberu species is presented, supporting both its monophyly and assignment in the tribe Neurigonini.

 

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How to Cite

Silva, P.C., Capellari, R.S. & Oliveira, S.S. (2025) Revision and morphological phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of twelve new species. Zootaxa, 5637 (3), 469–514. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.3