Description of a New Species of the Genus Psectrosciara and a New Record of Parascatopse sonorensis (Diptera: Scatopsidae) From Florida

Heron Huerta; Lawrence J Hribar

doi:10.1093/jisesa/iev092

Description of a New Species of the Genus Psectrosciara and a New Record of Parascatopse sonorensis (Diptera: Scatopsidae) From Florida

J Insect Sci. 2015 Jul 29;15(1):111. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iev092. Print 2015.

Authors

Heron Huerta¹, Lawrence J Hribar²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Entomología, InDRE, Francisco de P. Miranda No. 177, Col. Unidad Lomas Plateros, México D.F. 11340, Mexico.
² Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, 503 107th St. Gulf, Marathon, FL 33050 lhribar@keysmosquito.org.

Abstract

Psectrosciara floridensis sp. nov. belonging to the scatopsiformis group is described and illustrated. This species is closely related to Psectrosciara scatopsiformis Enderlein, 1912, Psectrosciara californica (Cole, 1912), Psectrosciara brevipennis Cook, 1958, and Psectrosciara serrata Cook, 1958. A new record of Parascatopse sonorensis Cook is reported from the state of Florida.

Keywords: Florida; Parascatopse; Psectrosciara; Scatopsidae; new species.

MeSH terms

Animals
Biodiversity
Diptera / anatomy & histology*
Female
Florida
Male