First records of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from French Guiana, with the description of a new species

Dayse W. A. Marques; José A. Rafael; Marc Pollet

doi:10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a13

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21 June 2019 First records of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from French Guiana, with the description of a new species

Dayse W. A. Marques, José A. Rafael, Marc Pollet

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Zoosystema, 40(sp1):249-258 (2019). https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a13

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The dipteran family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 is recorded from French Guiana for the first time. It is represented by five genera, with four identified species (including a new species), and 13 females identified to genus level (including AmazunculusRafael, 1986). Cephalops amapaensisRafael, 1991, Cephalosphaera aurataSouza & Ale-Rocha, 2009, and Eudorylas fortisRafael, 1995 are recorded for the first time from French Guiana, and Clistoabdominalis mitarakensis Marques & Rafael, n. sp. is described and illustrated.

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Dayse W. A. Marques, José A. Rafael, and Marc Pollet "First records of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from French Guiana, with the description of a new species," Zoosystema 40(sp1), 249-258, (21 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a13

Received: 19 October 2017; Accepted: 16 August 2018; Published: 21 June 2019

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