A new species and new records of Oxysarcodexia Townsend (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Brazil

Carvalho-Filho, Fernando da Silva; Sousa, Jorge Rodrigues de; Espósito, Maria Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2017.07.005

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“…Oxysarcodexia Townsend, 1917 has 90 known species and it is one of the largest genera of Sarcophagidae, with 83 species recorded in the Neotropical region (Lopes & Tibana, 1987;Soares & Mello-Patiu, 2010;Souza & Paseto, 2015;Souza & Buenaventura, 2016;Carvalho-Filho et al, 2017;Dufek & Mulieri, 2017). The genus diversity associated with the great similarity among the species lead to a difficulty in the identification at species level (Pape & Dahlem, 2010;Soares & Mello-Patiu, 2010).…”

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A new flesh fly species of Oxysarcodexia Townsend from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and redescription of Oxysarcodexia xon (Dodge, 1968)

2020

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A new Neotropical species of Oxysarcodexia Townsend (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, Oxysarcodexia digitata sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens. This new species resembles O. fraterna Lopes, O. nitida Soares & Mello-Patiu, O. notata Soares & Mello-Patiu, O. vittata (Walker), and O. xon (Dodge), but can be distinguished based on differences in phallic elements. Additionally, the male of Oxysarcodexia xon (Dodge, 1968) is redescribed and illustrated, its female is described for the first time, and new records is presented.

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