@article {57298, title = {A curious new genus of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Guatemala~}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = { 4586}, year = {2019}, pages = {383{\textendash}390 }, abstract = {

Amerikeroplatus dimorphicus n. gen. et n. sp. is described from Guatemala and compared with the similar Keroplatini genera Pseudochetoneura \Šev{\v c}\ík and Asiokeroplatus \Šev{\v c}\ík. The new genus is distinctive because it lacks the typical fusion of M and R (radiomedial fusion, RS+M) which is found in all but a few species-poor, and apparently unrelated, genera of keroplatids. Also unusual is the absence of vein R2+3 and the strong sexual dimorphism in the thorax; males are dark brown and females bright orange.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Neotropics, new species, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4586.210.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, author = {Fitzgerald, Scott J.} } @article {50918, title = {Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3726}, year = {2013}, month = {25/10/2013}, pages = {1{\textendash}119}, abstract = {

The primary types, secondary types, and some other identified specimens of 407 Neotropical species of Mycetophilidae at the Natural History Museum, London were examined. Notes were made on the condition of the primary types, their labels, and presence of other specimens in the type series. Additional comments are made about types, secondary types and some few other cases worth of note mistakenly determined to be at the NHM. Lectotypes are designated for syntypes of 17 species: Epicypta insipiens (Williston), Epicypta dolosa (Williston), Leia amabilis Williston, Leia concinna (Williston), Leia nitens (Williston), Megalopelma cellularis Edwards, Megalopelma fraudulenta (Williston), Megalopelma platyura Edwards, Mycetophila borgmeieri Edwards, Mycomya meridionalis Johannsen, Monoclona digitata Edwards, Mycomya peruviana Edwards, Neoempheria maculipennis Williston, Procycloneura paranensis Edwards, Stenophragma nigricauda Edwards, Tetragoneura simplex Edwards, Trizygia nitens Edwards. Three species\–Leia biamputata Edwards, Leia fuscicornis Edwards, and Neallodia flavida Edwards\–previously considered subjective junior synonyms in the literature were revalidated. Mycetophila rufoides nom. nov. is proposed for Mycetophila rufa Lane (preocc. Macquart 1826). Mycetophila dolosa Williston is transferred to Epicypta, without being assigned to a particular subgenus. The type of Sceptonia paiaguensis Freeman is formally considered lost. Photographs taken of holotypes and lectotypes are included, helping taxonomic documentation and in some extent, species identification. After the nomenclatural acts in this paper, the Natural History Museum, London, now holds holotypes of 292 Neotropical species of the Mycetophilidae, 23 lectotypes, syntypes of 3 species that have syntypes in other collections, paratypes of 81 species that have holotypes in other collections, identified specimens of 5 species with types lost and specimens of three species which fit in other cases.

}, keywords = {Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Natural History Museum, Neotropics, Taxonomy, types}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3726.1.1}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3726.1.1}, author = {Amorim, D.d.Souza and Oliveira, S.S.} } @article {45011, title = {Four new species of Paratrizygia Tonnoir from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2629}, year = {2010}, pages = {29-46}, abstract = {Paratrizygia Tonnoir was originally described for P. conformis, from Australia, and since then only four species have been added to the genus, from Chile and Southern Argentina. We add four new species to the genus Paratrizygia{\textemdash}P. balbii sp. nov., P. alvesi sp. nov., P. camargoi sp. nov., and P. albidens sp.nov.{\textemdash}from the southern part of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Comments are made about the possible relationships of the Brazilian and other Neotropical species of the genus. An identification key to the Neotropical species of the genus is provided.}, keywords = {Atlantic forest, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Paratrizygia, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera_et_Amirim_Paratryzigia_zt02629p046.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {43929, title = {The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2350}, year = {2010}, month = {03/02/2010}, pages = {22-34}, abstract = {Three Neotropical species of Phthinia Winnertz have been described to date. The genus is known from Chile and southern Argentina. Four new species are herein described for the genus in the region, two from Brazil{\textemdash}Phthinia theresae, sp.n., from the State of Esp{\'\i}rito Santo, and Phithinia urubici, sp.n., from the State of Santa Catarina{\textemdash}and two from Chile{\textemdash}Phthinia freemani, sp.n., and Phthinia parafurcata, sp.n. Comments are made about the relationships between the Neotropical species. Some notes are added about P. furcata Freeman, P. flagellata Freeman, and P. fasciata Freeman, from Chile and southern Argentina. Attention is called for the fact that Phthinia has two species in Brazil disjunct from the other temperate species of the genus in South America, differently from most similar cases, that have a single known representative in Brazil.}, keywords = {Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Phthinia, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera\&Amorim_zt02350p034_Phthinia.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {43877, title = {Review of the Neotropical species of Nervijuncta Marshall, 1896 (Diptera, Ditomyiidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2219}, year = {2009}, pages = {18-30}, abstract = {

Both known Neotropical species of Nervijuncta \– N. conjuncta (Freeman) and N. laffooni Lane \– are redescribed and the male terminalia illustrated in detail. Specimens of N. laffooni, previously known only from the type-locality (S\ão Paulo, Brazil), are reported from Nova Teut\ônia, and Urubici, both in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The females of both Neotropical species of the genus are described in detail and the genitalia illustrated for the first time. These redescriptions provide further information on the position of these two species within the genus.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Neotropics, Taxonomy}, author = {Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} }