A new species of Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstract

Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy is known from 12 neotropical species, only two of them with occurrence in Brazil. A new species from the Amazon is described and illustrated - G. amazonensis sp. nov. This is also the first record of the genus to the Amazon State, Brazil.

Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy from Costa Rica: descriptions and first records (Diptera, Muscidae)

“…Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy is a well distributed genus, occurring in temperate and tropical regions of the world, being absent in New Zeland and Oceania (except in Micronesia and Hawaii). It is known in the Neotropical Region from fi fteen species Carvalho et al, 2005;Couri and Marques, 2005;Marques and Couri, 2007).…”

Taxonomia e morfologia de espécies neotropicais de Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae)

“…Quatorze espécies neotropicais estão listadas atualmente para o gênero (Carvalho et al 2005;Couri & Marques 2005), a maioria delas com descrições incompletas e sem estudo detalhado da morfologia das terminálias masculina e feminina, conhecida fonte de caracteres diagnósticos entre os dípteros. Não há estudos revisionais para as espécies neotropicais.…”