Eight new species of Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 1917 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from the Neotropical Region

  • Eight new Neotropical species of Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 1917 are described, five from Brazil, Dexosarcophaga phoenix sp. nov., Dexosarcophaga jandainae sp. nov., Dexosarcophaga patiuorum sp. nov., Dexosarcophaga petra sp. nov., and Dexosarcophaga sphaera sp. nov., one from Costa Rica, Dexosarcophaga limon sp. nov., one from Ecuador, Dexosarcophaga napo sp. nov., and one from Colombia, Dexosarcophaga pallida sp. nov. Male and female morphology is documented with photographs and illustrations, including details of the male terminalia for all new species and female terminalia of Dexosarcophaga phoenix sp. nov. and Dexosarcophaga sphaera sp. nov. With the addition of these new species, 58 species of Dexosarcophaga are now known, with records from the American continent spanning from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

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Author:Josenilson Rodrigues dos SantosORCiD, Thomas PapeORCiDGND, Cátia Antunes de Mello-PatiuORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-686409
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.828.1857
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (German):European journal of taxonomy
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (828:109-137)
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2022/07/12
Date of first Publication:2022/07/12
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/07/14
Tag:Neotropics; Sarcophaginae; flesh flies; morphology; taxonomy
Volume:2022
Issue:828
Page Number:29
First Page:109
Last Page:137
HeBIS-PPN:503996521
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0