Descriptions of new species with a key to identification of the genus Neodexiopsis Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae) in Brazil

Abstract

Descriptions of new species with a key to identification of the genus Neodexiopsis Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae) in Brazil. Nine new species of Neodexiopsis Malloch from Paraná, southern Brazil, are described: Neodexiopsis cinerea sp. nov. and N. paranaensis sp. nov. from Ponta Grossa; N. facilis sp. nov., N. legitima sp. nov., N. similis sp. nov. and N. uber sp. nov. from Guarapuava; N. erecta sp. nov., N. pura sp. nov. and N. rara sp. nov. from Colombo. A key to the identification of the Brazilian species of Neodexiopsis is also presented. KEYWORDS. Coenosiinae, Coenosiini, Taxonomy. RESUMO. Descrição de novas espécies e chave de identificação do gênero Neodexiopsis Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae) no Brasil. Nove espécies novas de Neodexiopsis Malloch do Paraná, sul do Brasil, são descritas: Neodexiopsis cinerea sp. nov. e N. paranaensis sp. nov. de Ponta Grossa; N. facilis sp. nov., N. legitima sp. nov., N. similis sp. nov. e N. uber sp. nov. de Guarapuava; N. erecta sp. nov., N. pura sp. nov. e N. rara sp. nov. de Colombo. É incluída também uma chave de identificação das espécies brasileiras de Neodexiopsis.

The predator muscid Neodexiopsis rufipes (Macquart, 1851) (Diptera) with ultrastructural morphology of the adult proboscis and eggs

“…Neodexiopsis rufipes is included in key for Brazilian species of Neodexiopsis in Costacurta et al (2005).…”

“…Skidmore (1985) summarized the information and presented some drawings with brief descriptions of the eggs of some Limnophoriini and one Coenosiini (Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius)). After that, some isolated drawings without description of eggs of Neodexiopsis sulina (Couri, 1987), N. paranaensis, and N. pura (Costacurta et al, 2005) were published. These eggs and the one presented in this paper show two development pleats that diverge from the median area towards the anterior and posterior poles, so these can be considered as Phaonia-type according to Skidmore's (1985) classification.…”

“…(Savage and Vockeroth, 2010). The main studies carried out on this genus are taxonomic ones (Costacurta et al, 2005;Couri and Albuquerque, 1979;Malloch, 1934;Snyder, 1957Snyder, , 1958.…”

Neodexiopsis Malloch from Bolivia with the description of one new species (Diptera, Muscidae)

“…The Muscidae catalogue (Carvalho et al 2005) listed 87 species and after its publication, nine other species were described (Costacurta et al 2005), all from Paraná state (Brazil). In Bolivia, only 4% of the known Neodexiopsis fauna is represented.…”