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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.2
Page range: 52-66
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Two new species of Pseudoptilolepis Snyder (Diptera: Muscidae) from Colombia, with the first record of the genus from Mexico, and an updated key to 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.
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 del Magdalena; Grupo de Investigación en Medicina Tropical -CIMET-; Santa Marta; Magdalena; Colombia.
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forenses; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; México City; Mexico.
Diptera Biodiversity Cyrtoneurininae distribution Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

Pseudoptilolepis Snyder is exclusive to the Neotropical region. Here we described two new species from Colombia, namely Pseudoptilolepis unimagdalena Ramos-Pastrana & Gomes, sp. nov. (type-locality: Santa Marta, Los Naranjos) and Pseudoptilolepis samaria Ramos-Pastrana & Gomes, sp. nov. (type-locality: Santa Marta, Los Naranjos). We registered the genus for the first time for Mexico and provided an updated identification key to segregate all the species, including color images and illustrations of male and female terminalia of the new species. Species distributions were mapped and aspects of the biology of the new species were discussed, with special attention to pollination involving representatives of the genus.

 

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How to Cite

Ramos-Pastrana, Y., Merchán-Vargas, G.L., Rivera-Rojas, N., Valverde-Castro, C. & Gomes, L.R.P. (2025) Two new species of Pseudoptilolepis Snyder (Diptera: Muscidae) from Colombia, with the first record of the genus from Mexico, and an updated key to species. Zootaxa, 5683 (1), 52–66. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.2