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A new genus and species, and first record of the family Thaumaleidae (Diptera) from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2018

Robert J. Pivar*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive, 370 Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States of America
Luiz Carlos Pinho
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-901, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
William E. Klingeman
Affiliation:
Plant Sciences Department, The University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Dr., Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States of America
John K. Moulton
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive, 370 Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States of America
Bradley J. Sinclair
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects and Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: rpivar@vols.utk.edu)

Abstract

Neothaumalea atlanticanew genus, new species (Diptera: Thaumaleidae), is described from the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. This represents the first thaumaleid collected east of the Andes mountain range. The egg, larva, pupa, and both adults are described and illustrated, distribution map presented, and phylogenetic affinities discussed. A key to the genera of South America is also provided.

Type
Systematics & Morphology
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2018. Parts of this are a work of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. 2018 

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