Description of the female of Ctenodontina mochica Lamas, revalidation of Ctenodontina carrerai (Hull) stat. rev., and comments on the taxonomy and distribution of Peruvian species of Ctenodontina Enderlein (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae)

Abstract

This work analyzes the status of Peruvian species of Ctenodontina Enderlein, provides the description of the hitherto unknown female of Ctenodontina mochica Lamas, and proposes the revalidation of Ctenodontina carrerai (Hull) stat. rev. (currently regarded as a junior synonym of Ctenodontina maya Carrera & d’Andretta). Additionally, some comments about taxonomy, diagnostic features of male terminalia and distribution of four Peruvian Ctenodontina species, including a modification to the existing key to known species and a map updating their distribution records are given. We report Pachitea Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) as prey of Ctenodontina nairae Vieira.

A unique robber fly species and genus of Asilinae from Argentina (Diptera: Asilidae)

“…Recent taxonomic contributions for the Asilinae in the Neotropical Region include revisionary works, descriptions of new genera and species, and new distribution records by Lamas and Mellinger (2011); Vieira (2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2014); Vieira et al (2012); Vieira et al (2013); Vieira et al (2014); Vieira et al (2017); Vieira et al (2019); Köhler et al (2013); Artigas and Vieira (2014); Vieira and Ayala‐Landa (2014); Vieira and Rafael (2014); Vieira and Silva (2014); Dumbardon‐Martial (2015); Camargo et al (2016); Camargo et al (2019); Castro et al (2016); Guimarães et al (2016); Vieira and Rafael (2016); Ayala‐Landa (2019); Smit (2019); Barahona‐Segovia and Pañinao‐Monsálvez (2020); Estrada and Nápoles (2020); Sánchez (2020); Sánchez and Camargo (2021); and Yepes and Forero (2021).…”