Lepidosina, a new genus of New World Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

Title:

Lepidosina, a new genus of New World Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

Creator:

Marshall, Stephen A., Buck, Matthias, and Lonsdale, Owen

Identifier:

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Subject:

Lepidosina, Sphaeroceridae, new genus, phylogeny, key, sexual dimorphism, New World, and new species

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The New World genus Lepidosina Marshall & Buck gen. n. is described including nine new and two previously described species: L. angusticercus Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Caribbean, Central and South America), L. argentinensis Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Argentina), L. cubensis Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Cuba), L. evanescens Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Central and South America), L. gibba (Spuler) comb. n. (Florida, Caribbean), L. inaequalis (Malloch) comb. n. (southern U.S.A., Central America, Venezuela), L. multispinulosa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Ecuador, Peru), L. platessa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Bolivia), L. proxineura Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Brazil), L. quadrisquamosa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Venezuela), and L. rutricauda Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Colombia to Peru). Keys to males and females are provided, and the species level phylogeny is analyzed based on a matrix of 24 morphological characters. The sister group of this well-defined, highly apomorphic genus remains unknown. Most species are restricted to lowland habitats. Larvae and puparia of Lepidosina remain unknown.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2007 Volume:104 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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