A new species of the genus Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil

Erica Sevilha Harterreiten-Souza; Edison Ryoiti Sujii; José Roberto Pujol-Luz

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.9

A new species of the genus Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa. 2014 Jul 4;3827(3):392-6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.9.

Authors

Erica Sevilha Harterreiten-Souza¹, Edison Ryoiti Sujii², José Roberto Pujol-Luz³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.; Email: erica.shs@gmail.com.
² Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, 70770-917, Brasília, DF, Brazil.; Email: edison.sujii@embrapa.br.
³ Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.; Email: jrpujol@unb.br.

PMID: 25081169
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.9

Abstract

The stilt-legged fly genus Micropeza contains 82 valid species. Currently 10 species are recorded in Brazil. Here we describe a new species, M. dactyloptera sp. nov., based on 108 specimens (55 males and 53 females) from the States of Goiás, Paraná, and Distrito Federal, Brazil.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Brazil
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Diptera / growth & development
Female
Male