Revision of the Neotropical Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae): a new synonymy and additional records

ABSTRACT

The Neotropical species of the genus Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 are revised. Photographs and diagnosis of the male holotype of P. pictipennis (van der Wulp, 1891), until now the only recorded species of this genus in the Neotropics, are provided. The monotypic genus Itamintho Townsend, 1931 from Brazil is considered as a new junior synonym of Phyllomya, resulting in the following new combination: P. erro (Townsend, 1931) comb. n. Phyllomya erro is the second species of this genus reported from the Neotropical Region and the first from South America. A new identification key is given for the six recognised New World species of Phyllomya.

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KEYWORDS:

• Brazil
• Dexiinae
• new distribution
• tachinids
• Voriini

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Filipe Gudin (USP) for taking the photographs of the type material deposited at USNM. In addition, we thank James O’Hara (CNC) and two anonymous referees for constructive comments and corrections. MDS is indebted to Nigel Wyatt (NHMUK) for his kind assistance during a visit and for kindly allowing the use of the NHMUK Diptera Section’s image capturing system. Financial support from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq, process number 200343/2022-0 to MDS is gratefully acknowledged.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico– CNPq [150141/2022-0].