Tethysimyia Species D

Ebejer, Martin J., 2023, A first account of Chyromyidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) from continental Central and South America and some Caribbean Islands, with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5319 (3), pp. 301-331 : 329-330

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5319.3.1

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scientific name

Tethysimyia Species D
status

 

Tethysimyia Species D ,

Fig. 21

FRENCH GUIANA: 2♀♀, Macouria , 04°54ʹ50ʹʹN 52°21ʹ24ʹʹW, beach, marsh & mangrove, 2m asl, sweeping low vegetation, 12.ix.2015, leg. M.J. Ebejer ( MJE) .

No important differences could be found between these two females from French Guiana and those of T. nigrifacies . Without associated males it remains possible that they represent a different species, particularly since several very closely related species to each other have been found on the island of Bonaire. French Guiana , located further east, has a climate and suite of habitats quite different from Bonaire.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chyromyidae

Genus

Tethysimyia