Revisão taxonômica do gênero neotropical Scutops Coquillett, 1904 (Diptera: Periscelididae)
Scutops Coquillett, 1904 (type species S. fascipennis), is restricted to the Neotropical Region and currently encompasses six species: S. chapmani ( Curran, 1934), S. fascipennis Coquillett, 1904, S. goianiensis Amorim e Vasconcelos, 1989, S. lopesi Amorim e Vasconcelos, 1989, S. marcgrafi Amorim...
| Autor principal: | Silva, Geovânia Freitas da |
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| Grau: | Dissertação |
| Idioma: | por |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/12470 http://lattes.cnpq.br/8824220286439921 |
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Scutops Coquillett, 1904 (type species S. fascipennis), is restricted to the Neotropical
Region and currently encompasses six species: S. chapmani ( Curran, 1934), S.
fascipennis Coquillett, 1904, S. goianiensis Amorim e Vasconcelos, 1989, S. lopesi
Amorim e Vasconcelos, 1989, S. marcgrafi Amorim e Vasconcelos, 1989, S.
peruanus Hennig, 1952 and S. striatus Hennig, 1969. Currently, Scutops systematics
is characterized by several problems that justify a review: brief species descriptions,
which are insufficient for identification, no diagnosis for the genus and no key
including all species, as well lack of illustrations of the male and female genitalia,
which would facilitate distinction among species, and the recognition of new taxa.
The taxonomic revision of Scutops was based on morphological characters of males
and females, and includes redescriptions, descriptions of six new species, an
identification key to species and the transfer of Scutops striatus Hennig, 1969 to
Periscelis, resulting in the new combination Periscelis (Myodris ) striatus (Hennig,
1969) comb. nov.. New geographic records of the genus are presented for Belize,
Ecuador and Bolivia, and S. lopesi and S. peruanus are recorded for the first time in
the Amazon. The records of three species are expanded: S. fascipennis to Belize, S.
peruanus to Brazil and Ecuador and S. lopesi to Ecuador.
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