On Spathipheromyia Bigot (Diptera: Muscidae) – diagnosis and key to species

ABSTRACT

A key to identification of the species of the Neotropical genus Spathipheromyia Bigot is presented. Thirteen of the 14 known species were keyed – S. albiceps Malloch, S. apicalis (Stein), S. atra Malloch, S. auriceps (Stein), S. chilensis Malloch, S.fuscipalpis (Stein), S. guttipennis (Thomson), S. insularis Malloch, S. magellani Malloch, S. minuta (Stein), S. nigra (Stein), S. picta (Stein) and S. stellata Bigot. Only S. fenestrata (Bigot) was not keyed by lack of available information. Type material of three species deposited at Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität, Berlin, was examined. A brief diagnosis of each species is also presented.

KEYWORDS:

• Taxonomy
• morphology
• diversity
• types

Acknowledgments

MSC is Dr. Michael Ohl, Jenny Pohl and Sven Marotzk (ZMHU) for all their support during the period of study by MSC at Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Germany. MSC is grateful to “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico” (CNPq, 202465/2018-7) an agency of the Brazilian Government fostering scientific and technological development, for a grant to visit and work with the collection of ZMHU.

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