Revision of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with description of two new species

Abstract

Two new species of the Neotropical genus Leinendera Carrera, 1945, Leinendera carrerai sp. n. and Leinendera mnrj sp. n., and the female of Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Köhler & Rafael, 2016 are described from Brazil. The habitus, wing, male terminalia and female terminalia for the latter species are described and illustrated. The female terminalia of Leinendera rubra Carrera, 1945 is also illustrated. An identification key for the five Leinendera species and a distribution map with new records are provided.

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).…”