Forty-one new species of the mostly neotropical genus Coniceromyia Borgmeier are described. The descriptions follow the methodology of recent works on the genus taxonomy and illustrate habitus, foremetatarsus, wing, hind femur, and hypopygium for each species. Unique features of some species are also illustrated, including several male features possibly related to sexual selection such as processes on different tarsomeres of the foreleg.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe monotypic genus Hirotophora Brown et al. is revised, with a new species from Chile, Hirotophora chilensis sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Phoridae recorded from Colombia are catalogued, totaling 226 species distributed in 19 genera and three subfamilies. For each species, distribution, hierarchic position and cited references are presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 55 known species of Coniceromyia are herein revised. Three new species from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil are described-C. apioneura, sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Neotropical genus Chaetocnemistoptera is herein revised. Five new species are described-C. lobata, sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThirty seven new Neotropical species of the phorid genus Neopleurophora are described— N. acrensis, sp. nov.
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