New species of Metachela Coquillett (Diptera, Empididae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil and a key to the Neotropical species

By

Câmara, Josenir
Rafael, José Albertino.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

714

Pages

129-140

Subjects

Empidoidea , Hemerodromiinae , Metachela danitakiyae sp. n , Metachela spinulosa sp. n , Neotropical Realm , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.714.11503

 

Abstract

Two new species of Metachela Coquillett from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, M. danitakiyae sp. n. from Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais and M. spinulosa sp. n. from Minas Gerais, are described and illustrated. A key to the Neotropical species is provided.