Systematic review of Neotropical Lauxaniidae genera Triconopsis Hendel (Diptera, Schizophora)

Systematic review of Neotropical Lauxaniidae genera Triconopsis Hendel (Diptera, Schizophora)

Vera Cristina Silva

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida Dom Antonio 2100, 19800-000 Assis, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: [e-mail]

ABSTRACT

A review of the Neotropical Lauxaniidae genus Triconopsis Hendel, 1914 is presented with redescription of T. longicornis Hendel, 1914 and the description of T. caioalbertsi sp.n. (type locality Uruguay), including illustrations and a key.

Key words: Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Triconopsis, Neotropical region, new species

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. This is part of the Ph.D. Thesis of the author, developed at Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and presented at Instituto de Biociências, USP, São Paulo. My grateful thanks are due to Dr. Nelson Papavero for his guidance during the development of my thesis. I am very grateful to the curators of the institutions which borrowed material. I thank Dr. Dalton de S. Amorim (USP), Ribeirão Preto for reading and commenting on a first version of the manuscript. Developed under CNPq, CAPES/PICD and FAPESP (Proc. Zool. 94/4805/0) grants.

Recebido em 15.V.1997; aceito em 17.VIII.1998.

• HENDEL, F. 1914. Neue americanische Dipteren. Berl. ent. Ztchr.:151-176.
• ______. 1925. Neue Uebersicht über die bisher bekannt gewordenen Gattungen der Lauxaniden, nebst Beschreibung neuer Gattung und Arten. Encycl. ent. (B, II, Diptera) 2:103-112, 113-142.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  10 July 2009
• Date of issue
  1998

History

• Accepted
  17 Aug 1998
• Received
  15 May 1997