Open-access Revision and cladistics of the Neotropical genus Pseudoptilolepis Snyder (Diptera, Muscidae)

Revisão e cladística do gênero neotropical Pseudoptilolepis Snyder (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstracts

Pseudoptilolepis Snyder, 1949, a monophyletic Neotropical muscid genus of six species, is reviewed to include four new species, P. centralis sp. nov., P. chrysella sp. nov., P. crocina sp. nov. and P. elbida sp. nov. A taxonomic key is provided for the genus. The phylogenetic relationship among the studied species is: (P. centralis ((P. chrysella (P. fluminensis, P. fulvapoda)) (P. nudapleura (P. elbida (P. nigripoda, P. crocina))))). The geographic distribution of the species is also presented and briefly discussed.

Phylogeny; taxonomy


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