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Tauroscypson Curran

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Genus Tauroscypson Curran

Tauroscypson Curran, 1934a: 419. Type-species: Tauroscypson guiana Curran, 1934 (orig. des.). Refs. Curran 1934a: 419 (desc.); Lopes 1935: 253 (notes); Hendel 1935: 51 –52 (notes); Enderlein 1942: 99 (notes); Keiser 1951: 123 (notes), 124 (key); Aczél 1956a: 163, 169, 171, 173 (notes), 182 (checklist); Aczél 1956b: 27 (key); Keiser 1951: 124 (key); Steyskal 1967: 2 (cat., Neotropical; comment about the genus’ name); McAlpine 1990: 365 –367 (notes), 368 (figs), 369 (key); Barraclough 1994: 6 (notes); Barraclough 1998: 115 (notes); Meier et al. 1999: 209 (tab.); Rafael et al. 2009: 63 (notes), 64 (tab.); Korneyev 2010: 965 (key, Neotropical); Câmara & Rafael 2013: 147 (notes).

andina Aczél, 1956b: 28. Type material: HT female (IFML), *PT female (IFML). Type locality: BOLIVIA, Sara, Santa Cruz.

Distr.– Brazil (Rondônia [n. occ.]), Peru, Bolivia. Refs.

Tauroscypson andina Aczél 1956a: 182 (checklist); Aczél 1956b: 24 (pl.), 28 (desc., key), 29–30 (figs.); Steyskal 1967: 2 (cat.); Rafael et al. 2009: 64 (tab.); Buck et al. 2009: 114 (fig.); Korneyev 2010: 964, 966 (figs.); Mello 2011: 228 (checklist).

Examined material: BRAZIL. Rondônia. Itapuã do Oeste, Flona do Jamari. 4/xii/2012. Cavichioli, Melo, Rosa & Santos

col. 1 male (DZUP).

*Remarks: According with original description of the species, the PT was returned to Dr. Weyrauch (Aczél 1956b: 32). Actually, the PT is found in the collection of IFML (Dr. Guillermo Claps pers. comm.).

guiana Curran, 1934a: 419. Type material: HT female (AMNH). Type locality: GUYANA, Bartica district, Kartabo. Distr.–

Guyana. Refs.

Tauroscypson guiana Curran 1934a: 419 (desc.), 531 (figs.); Curran 1934b: 269 (figs.), 270 (key); Keiser 1951: 123 (redesc.), 124 (key); Aczél 1956a: 182 (checklist); Aczél 1956b: 28 (key), 32 (notes); Steyskal 1967: 2 (cat.); Rafael et al. 2009: 64 (tab.); Korneyev 2010: 964, 966 (figs.).

Notes

Published as part of Pereira-Colavite, A. & Mello, R. L., 2014, Catalogue of the Ctenostylidae (Diptera, Schizophora) of the World, pp. 215-223 in Zootaxa 3838 (2) on pages 219-220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/227914

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Biodiversity

Family
Ctenostylidae
Genus
Tauroscypson
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Curran
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Curran, C. H. (1934 a) The Diptera of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species from other British Guiana localities. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 66, 287 - 532.
  • Lopes, H. S. (1935) Um novo genero de Diptera Acalyptratae e consideracoes sobre a familia Ctenostylidae. Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, 2, 247 - 253.
  • Hendel, F. (1935) Bemerkungen zu " The families and genera of North - American Diptera " by C. H. Curran, New York 1934. Konowia, 14, 51 - 57.
  • Enderlein, G. (1942) Klassifikation der Pyrgotiden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 2, 98 - 134.
  • Keiser, F. (1951) Die Unterfamilie der Lochmostyliinae (Dipt., Pyrgotidae) nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und Art aus dem indo-australischen Faunengebiet. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 24, 113 - 124.
  • Aczel, M. L. (1956 a) Revision parcial de las Pyrgotidae neotropicales y antarticas, con sinopsis de los generos y especies (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Parte I. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 4, 161 - 184.
  • Aczel, M. L. (1956 b) Revision parcial de las Pyrgotidae neotropicales y antarticas, con sinopsis de los generos y especies (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Parte III (Concluso). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 6, 1 - 38.
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  • Barraclough, D. A. (1998) The missing males of Ramuliseta Keiser (Diptera: Schizophora: Ctenostylidae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39, 115 - 126.
  • Meier, R., Kotrba, M. & Ferrar, P. (1999) Ovoviviparity and viviparity in the Diptera. Biological Reviews, 74, 199 - 258. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 185 x. 1999. tb 00186. x
  • Rafael, J. A., Pimentel, T. de J., Godoi, F. S. P. & Machado, R. J. P. (2009) The enigmatic genus Ctenostylum Macquart with the description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon Basin and a checklist of world Ctenostylidae species (Diptera). Zootaxa, 2026, 63 - 68.
  • Korneyev, V. A. (2010) Chapter 70. Ctenostylidae. In: Brown, B. V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J. M., Wood, D. M., Woodley, N. E. & Zumbado, M. A. (Eds), Manual of Central American Diptera, Vol. 2, NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 963 - 969.
  • Camara, J. T. & Rafael, J. A. (2013) A new species of Furciseta (Diptera, Ctenostylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa, 3669 (2), 147 - 152. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3669.2.5
  • Buck, M., Woodley, N. E., Borkent, A., Wood, D. M., Pape, T., Vockeroth, J. R., Michelsen, V. & Marshall, S. A. (2009) Chapter 6. Key to Diptera families - adults. In: Brown, B. V., Borkent, A., Wood, D. M. & Zumbado, M. (Eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera. Vol. 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 95 - 145.
  • Mello, R. L. (2011) The Diptera described by Martin L. Aczel. Studia Dipterologica, 17, 223 - 236.
  • Curran, C. H. (1934 b) The families and genera of North American Diptera. The Ballou Press, New York, 512 pp.