Tuesday, August 13, 2019

[Entomology • 2019] Revision of the Central American and Mexican Species of the Curtonotum murinum Species Complex (Diptera: Curtonotidae)


 Curtonotum irksum Lindsay


in Lindsay, Klymko & Marshall, 2019. 

Abstract
The five Central American and Mexican species belonging to the Curtonotum murinum species complex are described as Curtonotum abrelatas Lindsay sp. nov., C. irksum Lindsay sp. nov., C. notatum Lindsay sp. nov., C. prolixum Lindsay sp. nov. and C. transitus Lindsay sp. nov. Photographic images, a distribution map of species and an identification key are provided.

Keywords: Diptera, Acalyptratae, identification key, new species, New World, Schizophora, taxonomy



Kate G. Lindsay, John Klymko and Stephen A. Marshall. 2019. Revision of the Central American and Mexican Species of the Curtonotum murinum Species Complex (Diptera: Curtonotidae). Zootaxa. 4651(3); 531–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.7