16 research outputs found
Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site
Estimations of tropical insect diversity generally suffer from lack of known groups or faunas against which extrapolations can be made, and have seriously underestimated the diversity of some taxa. Here we report the intensive inventory of a four-hectare tropical cloud forest in Costa Rica for one year, which yielded 4332 species of Diptera, providing the first verifiable basis for diversity of a major group of insects at a single site in the tropics. In total 73 families were present, all of which were studied to the species level, providing potentially complete coverage of all families of the order likely to be present at the site. Even so, extrapolations based on our data indicate that with further sampling, the actual total for the site could be closer to 8000 species. Efforts to completely sample a site, although resource-intensive and time-consuming, are needed to better ground estimations of world biodiversity based on limited sampling
Palpi aplenty: new species in the Chrysotus longipalpus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S. (2018): Palpi aplenty: new species in the Chrysotus longipalpus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 4399 (4): 579-585, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.
Review of the Neotropical genus Pseudosympycnus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of six new species from Brazil and Peru
Soares, Matheus M. M., Capellari, Renato S. (2020): Review of the Neotropical genus Pseudosympycnus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of six new species from Brazil and Peru. Zootaxa 4881 (2): 231-256, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.
Three new species of the Neurigona orbicularis species group from Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Silva, Paulo Cesar Da, Capellari, Renato S., Oliveira, Sarah S. (2022): Three new species of the Neurigona orbicularis species group from Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 5093 (5): 547-558, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.5.
FIGURE 20 in Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species
FIGURE 20. Paraclius xibun sp. nov., male paratype (CNC). A. Abdomen, ventral view; B. Tergite 7 and sternite 8, dorsal view; C. Hypopygium, left lateral view; D. Surstyli and apical edge of epandrium, outer view; E. Internal appendages, left lateral view; F. Hypandrium, ventral view; G. Cercus, dorsal view. Abreviations: a apv s = apical apicoventral epandrial seta; b apv s = basal apicoventral epandrial seta; cerc = cercus; dsur = dorsal lobe of surstylus; ej apod = ejaculatory apodeme; epand = epandrium; hypd = hypandrium; pgt = postgonite; ph = phallus; sp = sperm pump; st = sternite; tg = tergite; vsur = ventral lobe of surstylus.Published as part of Soares, Matheus M.M., Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species, pp. 151-182 in Zootaxa 5323 (2) on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/820410
FIGURE 11 in Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species
FIGURE 11. Paraclius brooksi sp. nov., A–E male holotype (CNC), F male paratype (CNC). A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Thorax, dorsal view; C–D. Head anterior and lateral views, respectively; E. Abdomen and hypopygium, lateral view; F. Left wing.Published as part of Soares, Matheus M.M., Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species, pp. 151-182 in Zootaxa 5323 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/820410
Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species
Soares, Matheus M.M., Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S., Ale-Rocha, Rosaly (2023): Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 5323 (2): 151-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.
FIGURE 19 in Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species
FIGURE 19. Paraclius xibun sp. nov., A–E male holotype (CNC), F–G male paratype (CNC). A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Thorax, dorsal view; C. Head, anterior view; D. Hypopygium, lateral view; E. Male abdominal segments 5 and 6; F. Left antenna, inner view; G. Left wing.Published as part of Soares, Matheus M.M., Runyon, Justin B., Capellari, Renato S. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species, pp. 151-182 in Zootaxa 5323 (2) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/820410