Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-xfwgj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-29T16:28:39.612Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The genus Chrysopilus in New Caledonia (Diptera: Rhagionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2012

Donald W. Webb
Affiliation:
Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 61820, United States of America (e-mail: dwebb@inhs.uiuc.edu).

Abstract

Seventeen new species of Chrysopilus Macquart are described from New Caledonia with illustrations of the male head, wing, and genitalia. The new species are C. bicoloratus sp. nov., C. brunneabdominalis sp. nov., C. caliginosus sp. nov., C. chazeaui sp. nov., C. everti sp. nov., C. irwini sp. nov., C. frankmcalpinei sp. nov., C. mandjelia sp. nov., C. melinus sp. nov., C. noumea sp. nov., C. petersoni sp. nov., C. plautifrons sp. nov., C. sarramea sp. nov., C. shewelli sp. nov., C. teskeyi sp. nov., C. vockerothi sp. nov., and C. woodi sp. nov. Keys are provided to identify the species from New Caledonia.

Résumé

Dix-sept nouvelles espèces de Chrysopilus Macquart de Nouvelle-Calédonie sont décrites et accompagnées d'illustrations de la tête et des organes génitaux des mâles. Ces nouvelles espèces sont C. bicoloratus sp. nov., C. brunneabdominalis sp. nov., C. caliginosus sp. nov., C. chazeaui sp. nov., C. everti sp. nov., C. irwini sp. nov., C. frankmcalpinei sp. nov., C. mandjelia sp. nov., C. melinus sp. nov., C. noumea sp. nov., C. petersoni sp. nov., C. plautifrons sp. nov., C. sarramea sp. nov., C. shewelli sp. nov., C. teskeyi sp. nov., C. vockerothi sp. nov., et C. woodi sp. nov. Les clés d'identification des espèces de Nouvelle-Calédonie sont fournies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Kerr, P.H. 2010. Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592: 1133.Google Scholar
McAlpine, J.F. 1981. Morphology and terminology—adults. In Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 1. Coordinated by McAlpine, J.F. Peterson, B.V. Shewell, G.E. Teskey, H.J. Vockeroth, J.R. Wood, D.M. Agriculture Canada Monograph No. 27 pp. 963.Google Scholar
Nagatomi, A. Evenhuis, N.L. 1989. Family Rhagionidae. In Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Edited by Evenhuis, N.L. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 86. pp. 296298.Google Scholar
Paramonov, S.J. 1962. A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology, 10: 113169. doi: 10.1071/ZO9620113.Google Scholar
Webb, D.W. 2006. New Chrysopilus Macquart (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Fiji, with notes on described species. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 86: 2330.Google Scholar