First record of egg sac predation of the fly Pseudogaurax cingulatus Sabrosky (Diptera, Chloropidae) upon spider Tetragnatha sp. (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in northern Brazil

Pseudogaurax Malloch is a worldwide genus of Chloropidae with 33 species in the Neotropical region and 12 occurring in Brazil. The genus is well-known for the feeding habits of its larvae which attack egg masses and larvae of several arthropods, usually breeding in the egg sacs of spiders. In this study, we expanded the distribution of P. cingulatus to northern Brazil and recorded for the first time the species preying on Tetragnatha egg sacs. In addition, diagnosis, digital images and a distribution map are provided

On the identity of Lepidodexia (Orosarcophaga) ornata (Townsend, 1927) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and a new generic synonym

The revision of the sarcophagid species Lepidodexia (Orosarcophaga) ornata (Townsend, 1927) reveals its identity and a generic synonym. The male terminalia of this species was studied in detail for the first time and revealed its congeneric affinities with Oxyvinia Dodge, 1966. Consequently, the generic status of Orosarcophaga Townsend, 1927 was revalidated, including Oxyvinia Dodge, 1966 as its junior synonym, and O. ornata was corroborated as a valid species and name. Moreover, we provide an updated generic diagnosis of Orosarcophaga, a list of the eleven species of the genus with their distribution, and a detailed diagnosis of O. ornata

New species of Inbiomyia from the Atlantic Forest.

17 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.We describe and illustrate Inbiomyia azevedoi, sp. nov., the first species of Inbiomyiidae known from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. SEM photos show that the bifurcated labella have on their ventral face rows of scalelike rasping teeth that may be used to graze on green algae, as the gut content of some specimens suggest. A reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genus using Australimyza mcalpineorum as designated outgroup and including I. azevedoi shows that all four groups of species previously proposed for the genus are monophyletic if I. anodonta is removed from the scoliostylus group. Inbiomyia anodonta and I. azevedoi are here transferred to the anemosyris group. In our results with implied weight, I. exul is sister to a clade including all other species of the genus, while the scoliostylus group appears as sister to the clade (mcalpineourum group + anemosyris group)

Checklist of the dipterofauna (Insecta) from Roraima, Brazil, with special reference to the Brazilian Ecological Station of Maracá

Roraima is a Brazilian state located in the northern portion of the Amazon basin, with few studies regarding its biodiversity. The Ecological Station of Maracá (Brazil, state of Roraima) harbors the third largest Brazilian pluvial island and is composed of a transitional landscape of savanna and Amazon rainforest components. Despite its ecological importance and strategic localization, few studies covered the dipterofauna of this locality. An updated checklist addressing 41 families of true flies (Diptera) occurring in Roraima is presented based on the literature and the specimens collected during a field expedition that occurred in 2015. This checklist brings several improvements such as new records of 165 taxa to the state of Roraima, 29 taxa to Brazil, and 259 morphotypes, mostly likely representing undescribed species

Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species

<i>Bricelochlorops</i> Paganelli <p> <i>Bricelochlorops</i> Paganelli, 2002: 39. Type-species, <i>Bricelochlorops peregrinus</i> Paganelli, 2002 (orig. des.).</p> <p> <i>Bricelochlorops celutae</i> Carvalho-Filho & Esposito, 2010: 742, figs. 1 –8. Type-locality: Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. Holotype ♂ MPEG. Ref. Carvalho-Filho & Esposito, 2010: 744.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> The epandrium of the holotype is missing, but was illustrated in Carvalho-Filho & Esposito (2010; fig. 5)</p>Published as part of <i>Riccardi, Paula Raile, 2016, Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species, pp. 87-89 in Zootaxa 4114 (1)</i> on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/256184">http://zenodo.org/record/256184</a&gt

Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species

Riccardi, Paula Raile (2016): Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4114 (1): 87-89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.1.

Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species

Key to the species of the genus <i>Bricelochlorops</i> <p>1. Presence of a black longitudinal stripe on the ocellar triangle; presence of a dark spot on the postpronotal lobe.......................... 2</p> <p> - Ocellar triangle entirely black; postpronotum yellow.................................................................................... <i>B. capitulatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> 2. Medial and lateral stripes of the scutum complete; ocellar triangle with a triangular shape, not reaching frons apex....................................................................................................................................................................... <i>B. celutae</i> Carvalho-Filho & Esposito</p> <p> - Medial and lateral stripes of the scutum separated; ocellar triangle with a rounded tip, reaching frons apex.................................... <i>........................................................................................................................................................................</i> <i>B. peregrinus</i> Paganelli</p>Published as part of <i>Riccardi, Paula Raile, 2016, Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species, pp. 87-89 in Zootaxa 4114 (1)</i> on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/256184">http://zenodo.org/record/256184</a&gt

FAMILY CHLOROPIDAE

Riccardi, Paula Raile (2016): FAMILY CHLOROPIDAE. Zootaxa 4122 (1): 696-707, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.6

Camarota angustifrons Bezzi 1908

Camarota angustifrons Bezzi, 1908 (Figs. 2, 8) Bezzi, 1908: 179–180; Becker, 1910a: 381, 410–411 (as synonym of C. “ curvinervis ”, 1 specimen from Kenya); Becker 1910b: 410–411 (1♂ Katona, Tanzania as Oscinis curvinervis; Becker, 1915: 178–179 (reactivated from synonymy); Sabrosky, 1951: 720 (taxonomy, key, 3 specimens from Ruwenzori, Uganda); Lamb, 1917: 48 (1 specimen in Museum Cambridge from Durban in South Africa); Sabrosky, 1955: 309 (1 female from Rumonge in Burundi); Deeming, 1981: 790–793, 820 (three specimens reared from shoots of Panicum and Andropogon in Nigeria, key, figs. of terminalia and larva); Ferrar, 1987: 115, 119, 619 (details after Deeming); Spencer, 1985: 179 (cephalopharyngeal skeleton compared). Material examined: 1 ♀ Kenya, Rift Valley, Ol Arabe Gorge, 18.xi.1988, R. K. Butlin [NMWZ] (photo). Comments. This species described from Massaua, Ethiopia, the city at the Red Sea today in Eritrea, was long time considered as a synonym of the European C. curvipennis (as curvinervis auctt.). But already Becker (1915) recognized the taxon as a valid species. Sabrosky (1951) distinguished it in a key from the Palaearctic species. Distribution. Eritrea, Kenya *, Nigeria, Rwanda–Burundi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda.Published as part of Riccardi, Paula Raile & Tschirnhaus, Michael Von, 2018, Revision of Camarota Meigen (Diptera: Chloropidae), with a new species from Uganda, pp. 221-231 in Zootaxa 4526 (2) on pages 226-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/261159

Camarota cylindrica Deeming 1981

<i>Camarota cylindrica</i> Deeming, 1981 <p>(Figs. 4, 7, 12, 14, 19)</p> <p> Deeming, 1981: 790–793, 820; Ferrar, 1987: 115 (data after Deeming); Nartshuk, 1987: 147 (predatory development); Nartshuk, 2014: 84, 86 and 2014: 517, 521 [one time erroneously as <i>C. angustipennis</i> Deeming] (predatory development).</p> <p> <b>Material examined:</b> 2 ♂ Uganda, District Masindi, Budongo forest, 1082m a.s.l., 1°43’N 31°33’E, 15–25.i.1997, canopy fogging of <i>Cynometra alexandri</i> (Fabaceae), Thomas Wagner leg. [MZUSP] (photo, wing and abdomen dissected). Further material in the von Tschirnhaus collection: 14 specimens from Rwanda, Préfecture Rusuma, Ibanda Makera, 2°09’S 30°55’E, 1,350 m a.s.l., 7.xi.1993, gallery forest, canopy fogging from <i>Tecla nobilis</i> (Rutaceae), Thomas Wagner leg. [ZSM].</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Cameroun, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda *.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> The wings of <i>C. meghalayensis</i> and <i>C. thenmalaensis</i> are similar to <i>C. cylindrica</i>, with <i>vena spuria</i> less conspicuous, R 4+5 almost reaching the wing apex and M 1 curved apically.</p>Published as part of <i>Riccardi, Paula Raile & Tschirnhaus, Michael Von, 2018, Revision of Camarota Meigen (Diptera: Chloropidae), with a new species from Uganda, pp. 221-231 in Zootaxa 4526 (2)</i> on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2611597">http://zenodo.org/record/2611597</a&gt