Taxonomic revision of Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949 (Diptera, Asilidae) and description of two new species.

نویسندگان

  • Edgar Alvim
  • Rosaly Ale-Rocha
  • Freddy Bravo
چکیده

Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949, a rare Neotropical genus of Asilidae, is revised and divided into three species groups: (1) the melanogaster group, including N. carrerai Artigas & Papavero, N. melanogaster (Wiedemann, 1821), N. tenebrosus Carrera and N. carolindae sp. nov.; (2) the alexanderi group, including N. atriapex (Carrera & Papavero), N. alexanderi (Carrera), N. mixtus (Carrera), N. modestus (Carrera) reval., N. niger (Carrera) and N. papaveroi sp. nov.; and (3) the lanei group including N. lanei (Carrera) and N. tauauna Artigas & Papavero. A key to the 12 species is included, species distributions are summarized, and two new species are described and illustrated.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3861 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014