A new species of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) from Brazil

Abstract

The second species of Neotropical genus Leinendera Carrera, 1945, Leinendera nigra sp. n. is described from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The habitus, wing, male terminalia of L. nigra sp. n. are described and illustrated. The diagnosis and illustrations of type-species Leinendera rubra Carrera, 1945 are provided.

Leinendera achaeta sp. n., a new species of robber fly from Brazil (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae)

“…After drying, the cover slips were glued to the edge of a piece of thick paper, which was then pinned with the specimen. The techniques of Vieira (2012b) were used to examine the terminalia. After examination and illustration, the detached parts of the terminalia were placed in microvials with glycerin and pinned with their respective specimen.…”

“…1): Leinendera rubra Carrera, 1945 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states) and Leinendera nigra Vieira, 2012 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro state) (Vieira 2012b). …”

Aristofolia Ayala-Landa, a valid genus of Asilinae (Diptera, Asilidae)

“…Vieira's (2012b) techniques were used to examine the terminalia. After study and illustration, the detached parts were placed in microvials with glycerin and pinned with their respective specimen.…”

Ommatius: synonyms, new record, redescription of Ommatius erythropus and description of the female of Ommatius trifidus (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae)

“…The techniques of Vieira (2012) were used to examine the terminalia. Photographs of the specimens were taken with a Leica DFC500 digital camera attached to a Leica M205C stereomicroscope, connected to a computer with the Leica Application Suite LAS V3.6 software, which includes an Auto-Montage module (Syncroscopy software).…”