Systematic review of Neotropical Lauxaniidae genera: Cephalella Malloch (Diptera, Schizophora)

Abstract

SUMMARY. Cephalella Malloch, 1926, a monotypic Neotropical Lauxaniidae genus, characterized by the presence of long antennae and a prominently convex face, is reviewed. The range of C.jumipennis is amplied.

Four new Neotropical species of Trigonometopus Macquart, 1835 (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)

“…nov. has four spermathecae, a feature considered by Gaimari & Silva (2010a) to be an apomorphy for the Eurychoromiinae and as well a feature sporadically found in other lauxaniid genera. It has been also observed in the Neotropical lauxaniine genera Cephalella Malloch (Silva, 1999) and Neogriphoneura Malloch (Mello & Silva, 2008), and in the Australian species Australinina geniseta (Malloch), Homoneura (Homoneura) angustigena Kim and H. (H.) eurymelon Kim (Kim, 1994). This feature is still insufficiently known in many species and genera of the family and a more extensive comparative analysis would better show the evolution of the number of spermathecae in the Lauxaniidae.…”

Revision of the genus Physoclypeus Hendel, 1907 (Diptera, Lauxaniidae), with description of seven new species

“…Probably these teeth have an important function in the sexual behavior of these flies, as is known to happen in Sepsidae (Eberhard & Huber 1998). Silva (1999) registered for the first time the occurrence of only two spermathecae in Cephalella Malloch. In Physoclypeus, the number of spermathecae follows the ground plan of the family of three (2+1).…”

Checklist das espécies de Lauxaniidae (Insecta, Diptera) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul

“…A contribuição mais ampla que incluiu os lauxaniídeos neotropicais foi publicada por Hendel (1925). Desde então, houve apenas descrições de novos gêneros ou espécies (Shewell, 1986(Shewell, , 1989Broadhead, 1989;Papp & Silva, 1995;Silva, 1998Silva, , 1999aSilva, ,b, 2006Mello & Silva, 2008a,b), além do capítulo sobre a família no "Manual of Central American Diptera" (Gaimari & Silva, 2010b).…”