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Pseudogaurax tridens Sabrosky 1966

  • 1. Zoology Department, Entomology Laboratory, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil
  • 2. Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology, Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570 - 900, Brazil

Description

Pseudogaurax tridens Sabrosky, 1966

Material examined. BRAZIL. Pará: Belém, Research Campus of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 1°27’06.5”S 48°26’38.8”W, 08.IX.2016, leg. F.S. Carvalho-Filho, reared from pupae of Cicinnus infected with an entomophagous fungus (2 females).

Distribution. Brazil (Pará, Santa Catarina).

Natural history. The analyzed specimens were obtained from pupae of Cicinnus sp. (Mimallonidae) infected with an entomophagous fungus.

Remarks. This species has been recorded only for the type-locality in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil (Sabrosky & Paganelli 1984). Therefore, this is a new record from the Brazilian Amazon.

Notes

Published as part of Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Cruz, Vanessa C., Monteiro, Nilton J. S. & Kloss, Thiago G., 2024, Description of new species of Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Brazil, with notes on natural history, pp. 207-230 in Zootaxa 5433 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10953800

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2016-09-08
Verbatim event date
2016-09-08
Scientific name authorship
Sabrosky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Pseudogaurax
Species
tridens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudogaurax tridens Sabrosky, 1966 sec. Carvalho-Filho, Cruz, Monteiro & Kloss, 2024

References

  • Sabrosky, C. W. (1966) Three new Brazilian species of Pseudogaurax with a synopsis of the genus in the western hemisphere (Diptera, Chloropidae). Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, Sao Paulo, 19, 117 - 127.
  • Sabrosky, C. W. & Paganelli, C. H. (1984) Family Chloropidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, Sao Paulo, pp. 1 - 64.