taxonID	type	description	language	source
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 – 5) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 77 D 09 CF 4 - 6868 - 41 CD- 843 F- F 1 B 26 F 9 EF 262	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Brakemyia metallica sp. nov., by present designation. Gender: feminine.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Small (1.8 – 2.2 mm) and stout flies (Fig. 2 A). Lunule broadened, extending well posterior of the antennae to the vicinity of the orbital plate (Figs. 2 E – F, 3 C). Interfrontal setae absent. Vibrissal angle present (Fig. 2 B). Gena reduced, about 0.1 times as high as eye (Fig. 2 B). Anepimeron bare. Vein C extending to vein M 1, after the wing apex (Fig. 3 A). Surstylus not fused with epandrium (Fig. 4 B). Hypandrium higher than epandrium (Fig. 4 B). Hypandrial complex parallel to epandrium (Fig. 4 B).	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The new genus is named after the German dipterist, Dr. Irina Brake, in recognition of her contribution to milichiid systematics, adding the Greek feminine word myia, meaning fly.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Brakemyia gen. nov. is known from the Brazilian Amazon (states of Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, and Roraima).	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Brakemyia gen. nov. runs to Undescribed Genus B in the last published key to the Neotropical genera of Milichiidae by Swann (2010). We were not able to examine these specimens, but according to the information and illustrations provided by Swann (2010), the specimens described in the present paper may belong to this genus as well. The systematics of Neotropical Milichiidae is complex and challenging: keys and taxonomic revisions are not available for species identifications; many species descriptions are more than 60 years old and are sufficiently vague that species-level identifications are extremely difficult and would necessitate examination of types. Added to this, most genera are paraphyletic, and many others remain undescribed (Swann 2010). Despite the complications mentioned above, Brakemyia gen. nov. can be easily distinguished from other Neotropical genera in having lunule broadened, extending well posterior of the antennae, and hypandrial complex parallel to epandrium. In all milichiid genera, whose males are described, the hypandrial complex is perpendicular to epandrium (see plates 13, 14 and 16 of male terminalia in Brake (2000 )). The new genus is placed into Milichiinae (sensu Brake 2000) based on vibrissal angle obsolescence, and vibrissa above lower margin of eye. The presence of strong anepisternal bristles may indicate a possible relationship between Brakemyia gen. nov., Eusiphona Coquillett, 1897, Pholeomyia Bilimek, 1867, Pseudomilichia Becker, 1907, and an undescribed genus (Undescribed Genus A, sensu Swann (2010 )) (Swann 2010).	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	materials_examined	. Description: Body length: 1.8 mm (male), 1.8 – 2.2 mm (female). Wing: 1.7 mm (male), 1.7 – 2.2 mm (female). Coloration and vestiture (Figs. 2, 3): Ocellar triangle dark brown, with metallic green sheen. Frontal vitta shining black. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown, with metallic green sheen. Lunule and parafacial shining black. Gena dark brown. Antenna black, flagellomere 1 covered with dense whitish microtomentum. Palpus black with whitish microtomentum. Proboscis dark brown. Occiput black. Thorax metallic green. Coxae, trochanters, femora and all tarsomere 5 dark brown; tibiae and tarsomeres 1 – 4 light brown to yellow, with black setae. Wing hyaline; veins yellowish; halter dark brown, knob with metallic green sheen. Abdomen with tergites and sternites metallic green; male terminalia and ovipositor dark brown. Head (Figs. 2 A – C, 2 E – F, 3 B – C): Rounded in profile. Vertex nearly straight. Ocellar triangle well-developed, extended beyond ocelli. Male frons trapezoidal, narrowest at lower half, base of antenna 0.14 times width of head and at vertex 0.42 times. Female frons almost quadrate, with almost parallel sides, base of antenna 0.40 times the width of the head and at vertex 0.42 times. Orbital and frontal plates forming one plate. Frontal vitta striated, with lower half covered with microtrichia. Lunule rugose, broadened, extending dorsally well posterior of the antennae and near the orbital plate, and ventrally extended as quadrate flat plate between antennae. Ptilinal fissure located close to ocellar triangle. Face short, concave, covered with whitish microtomentum. Gena short, about 0.1 times as high as eye. Eye oblong in lateral view, 1.4 times as high as long. Antenna short; scape almost inconspicuous, with short setae at apex; pedicel short, with one long prominent seta dorsally; flagellomere 1 rounded, globose, covered with dense whitish microtomentum, longer than scape and pedicel combined; arista long, 2 - segmented, about 2.5 times longer than flagellomere 1, second segment micropubescent. Vibrissal angle sharp, mouth margin more or less protruding; vibrissa thick. Palpus laterally flattened, spatulate, about 1 / 3 of eye height. Proboscis geniculate, about 1.5 times longer than eye height. Chaetotaxy: frons with 1 medio-reclinate upper orbital seta; 1 reclinate middle orbital seta, 1 lower proclinate orbital seta, and 2 medioclinate frontal setae; 1 latero-reclinate medial vertical seta; 1 lateral vertical seta convergent; 1 ocellar seta divergent, well-developed; 1 postocellar seta convergent; interfrontal setulae absent; lunule with one pair of setulae placed close to lateral margin; postocular setae short, increasing in length towards gena; palpus with apical 1 / 2 of ventral and apical edges with short and stout setae; prementum and labellum with few long and slender setae. Thorax (Fig. 2 B – C): Mesonotum homogeneous covered with vestiture of short black setae. Chaetotaxy: 1 well-developed prescutellar seta; 2 postsutural dorsocentral seta (anterior smaller); 3 postalar setae; 1 supralar setae; 1 presutural seta; 1 postpronotal seta; 2 notopleural setae; 2 anepisternal setae at posterior margin; 2 katepisternal setae at upper margin; 2 scutellar setae, 1 laterally close to the base and 1 apically. Legs: Fore femur with a row of long posteroventral setae, about as long as width of femur; mid femur with antero- and posteroventral rows of long setae, the posteroventral row longer than width of femur, ventral surface flattened and bare; hind femur with anteroventral row of long setae at apical 1 / 3, ventral and posterior surfaces bare, ventral surface flattened; mid tibia with 1 long apicoventral seta, about as long as 1 / 4 of tibia. Wing (Fig. 3 A): Hyaline; costal vein with setulae extending a little beyond R 2 + 3, and with posterior surface of second section of costal vein with short and sparse setae, ending before the third section of costal; R 2 + 3 nearly straight; R 4 + 5 and M 1 slightly converging at tip; cell br ending at level of subcostal break; cell dm long, ending at apical 6 / 10 of wing; dm-m as long as M 4; CuA + CuP long, slightly diverging from the margin of anal lobe, present as a fold in membrane, and ending before wing margin. Abdomen (Fig. 2 D): Broadened. Tergites and sternites homogeneously covered with short black setae. Male genitalia (Fig. 4): Dark brown. Bent under ventral side of abdomen. Epandrium higher than wide, narrowed, covered with many setulae, and with few setae mainly on posterior half. Cercus elongate and thin in lateral view, slightly arched; triangular in posterior view, with apex incised in midline, covered with many setulae. Surstylus broadened and rounded; apical margin bearing minute denticles, covered with many setulae, and some small setae on ventral half; fused with epandrium. Hypandrium well developed, higher than long, and higher and parallel to epandrium. Phallapodemic sclerite fused with base of pregonites and with hypandrium. Pregonite elongate and narrowed; clubbed distally, with two developed setae at middle, and tiny setae on clubbed apical portion. Distiphallus membranous, well developed and widened distally, with bilobed distal portion bearing some minute membranous spine-like projections. Female ovipositor (Fig. 5): Telescoped. Tergite 6 not modified, broadened and quadrangular, with two pairs of fine setae on posterior margin. Tergite 7 broadened and rectangular, with two fine setae on each posterolateral corner of the distal half. Tergite 8 short and quadrangular, with two setae on posterior margin. Supranal plate divided into two lateral plates. Sternite 6 broadened and triangular, with a row of thick setae on posterior margin. Sternite 7 broadened and rounded, with three pairs of long and thick setae on the posterior margin. Sternite 8 short and quadrangular, covered with many setulae. Cercus short and elongate, with many fine setulae. Natural history and geographical distribution of Brakemyia gen. nov. Adults of B. mettalica sp. nov. emerged from carton nests of Azteca aff. chartifex, and females have been frequently observed alighting on the carton walls of ant nests. Hence, larvae must inhabit ant nests, but we do not know the kind of association between the fly larvae and the ants. We hypothesize that they are saprophagous, feeding on the microorganisms (e. g., fungi and algae) that grow on the ant nest walls, like other species of milichiids whose biology is known (Brake 2000; Swann 2010; Swann and Sinclair 2021). Specimens of Undescribed Genus B, which possibly belong to Brakemyia gen. nov., were also associated with carton nests of Azteca in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as another undescribed Neotropical genus (Undescribed Genus D) from Guyana (Swann 2010). The genera Costalima Sabrosky and Undescribed Genus C (Swann 2010) were associated with species of Azteca that live in hollow internodes of pumpwood tree (Cecropia spp.) (Swann 2010). However, a phylogenetic hypothesis including the mentioned genera is necessary to assess if this behavior evolved more than once in milichiids, or if it is a synapomorphy of a clade. We did not observe adult specimens of B. metallica sp. nov. interacting with the ants, as some species of the genus Milichia (Brake 2000; Wild and Brake 2009). When detected by ants, B. metallica sp. nov. usually flew away. Etymology: The new species is named from the Latin epithet “ metallicus ” referring to its remarkable metallic green sheen of body. Distribution: NEOTROPICAL — Brazil (states of Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Roraima) (Fig. 6). The ant species (Azteca aff. chartifex), with which B. metallica sp. nov. is associated, is distributed from Costa Rica to southern Brazil (Longino 2007). Therefore, B. metallica sp. nov. may have a wider distribution. Remarks: Brakemyia metallica sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other Neotropical milichiid species in having body with metallic green sheen. Male specimens from different genera (Milichia, Milichiella Giglio-Tos and Pholeomyia Bilimek) have bands of silvery microtomentum on abdomen and / or thorax (Brake 2000; Swann 2010; Swann and Sinclair 2021) and some species are shining black, but they never have metallic sheen, as observed in B. metallica sp. nov. Brakemyia metallica, gen. et sp. nov. (Figs. 2 – 6) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CCD 44732 - DCF 7 - 4 C 54 - 803 F- 7 DDD 77325 C 41 Type material: Holotype: ò (MPEG) labelled: Belém, PA [= Pará], Brasil [= Brazil] / Campus MPEG Swann (2010) mentioned the existence of at least three undescribed species of Undescribed Genus B, which possibly belongs to Brakemyia gen. nov., from Central and South America. One of these species was collected from an Azteca ant nest using a black light in Trinidad and Tobago, and we assume it is probably conspecific with B. metallica sp. nov. The second species is known from sampling pollinators of Aristolochia pilosa (Aristolochiaceae) and canopy fogging in Panama. The third species is known from light trapping in Colombia, indicating a possible attraction to light in at least two of the three species of the genus. However, it is necessary to examine the male terminalia to confirm whether they are distinct species or not. Species of Azteca that produce large pendant carton nests belong to the Azteca trigona group (which includes A. chartifex) and Azteca aurita group, which occurs in wet and dry tropical forests from Panama southward through tropical South America (Longino 2007). Therefore, it is expected that Brakemyia gen. nov. species have a similar distribution. Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Greenpeace Brazil for the M. Sc. scholarship within the “ Programa Tatiana de Carvalho de Incentivo à Pesquisa e Conservação da Biodiversidade na Amazônia ” to RRB. MMMS thanks Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES) for the Ph. D. scholarship (proc. no. 88882.444402 / 2019 - 01). We thank the collections’ curators who loaned us materials for this research: Dr. Márcio Luiz de Oliveira (INPA) and Dr. Orlando Tobias Silveira (MPEG). We would like to thank Dr. Irina Brake for sending literature. We also thank Christopher Connors (University of Nevada) and William L. Overal (MPEG) for the English review. Two anonymous reviewers offered insightful comments to earlier versions of the manuscript. Authors’ contributions: FSCF and RRB performed field collection. FSCF and MMMS photographed the species. RRB illustrated the terminalia. All authors performed morphological description, wrote, read, and approved the final manuscript. Many species of flies, mainly from the families Milichiidae and Phoridae, have been reared from Azteca carton nest (Brown 2010; Swann 2010; Pérez-Lachaud et al. 2017). Recently, a new species of the genus Neoscutops Malloch (Periscelididae) was described based on specimens reared from an Azteca carton nest, representing the first piece of information about this genus’ larval natural history (Carvalho-Filho et al. 2022). As ant carton nests remain understudied for flies, it is expected that new species will be discovered as more studies are conducted on the fauna associated with that habitat. Competing interests: FSCF, RRB and MMMS declare that they have no conflict of interests. Availability of data and materials: The studied specimens have been deposited in entomological collections of INPA and MPEG (see Type material). Consent for publication: Not applicable. Ethics approval consent to participate: Not applicable. Milichiids are abundant in mass collections, such as those of Malaise traps, but they are usually overlooked (Swann 2010). This is the case of female specimens of B. metallica sp. nov. that are relatively common in the two main entomological collections from the Brazilian Amazon (see MATERIALS AND METHODS). They were collected mainly with Malaise and suspended traps installed in open and urbanized places, as well as in pristine forest through the Amazon region (Fig. 6) where carton nests of Azteca are abundant. On the other hand, male specimens are rarely collected, and the two examined specimens were reared from an ant nest maintained in the laboratory (Fig. 1 B). This may reflect reproductive behavior, with males remaining inside or near the ant nests, while mated females actively search for oviposition sites, making them more liable to interception as observed in other dipteran families (Bickel 2009). This may be the same case for the Undescribed Genus D, which is known only from females collected from Azteca nest in Guyana (Swann 2010).	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	description	Description: Body length: 1.8 mm (male), 1.8 – 2.2 mm (female). Wing: 1.7 mm (male), 1.7 – 2.2 mm (female). Coloration and vestiture (Figs. 2, 3): Ocellar triangle dark brown, with metallic green sheen. Frontal vitta shining black. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown, with metallic green sheen. Lunule and parafacial shining black. Gena dark brown. Antenna black, flagellomere 1 covered with dense whitish microtomentum. Palpus black with whitish microtomentum. Proboscis dark brown. Occiput black. Thorax metallic green. Coxae, trochanters, femora and all tarsomere 5 dark brown; tibiae and tarsomeres 1 – 4 light brown to yellow, with black setae. Wing hyaline; veins yellowish; halter dark brown, knob with metallic green sheen. Abdomen with tergites and sternites metallic green; male terminalia and ovipositor dark brown. Head (Figs. 2 A – C, 2 E – F, 3 B – C): Rounded in profile. Vertex nearly straight. Ocellar triangle well-developed, extended beyond ocelli. Male frons trapezoidal, narrowest at lower half, base of antenna 0.14 times width of head and at vertex 0.42 times. Female frons almost quadrate, with almost parallel sides, base of antenna 0.40 times the width of the head and at vertex 0.42 times. Orbital and frontal plates forming one plate. Frontal vitta striated, with lower half covered with microtrichia. Lunule rugose, broadened, extending dorsally well posterior of the antennae and near the orbital plate, and ventrally extended as quadrate flat plate between antennae. Ptilinal fissure located close to ocellar triangle. Face short, concave, covered with whitish microtomentum. Gena short, about 0.1 times as high as eye. Eye oblong in lateral view, 1.4 times as high as long. Antenna short; scape almost inconspicuous, with short setae at apex; pedicel short, with one long prominent seta dorsally; flagellomere 1 rounded, globose, covered with dense whitish microtomentum, longer than scape and pedicel combined; arista long, 2 - segmented, about 2.5 times longer than flagellomere 1, second segment micropubescent. Vibrissal angle sharp, mouth margin more or less protruding; vibrissa thick. Palpus laterally flattened, spatulate, about 1 / 3 of eye height. Proboscis geniculate, about 1.5 times longer than eye height. Chaetotaxy: frons with 1 medio-reclinate upper orbital seta; 1 reclinate middle orbital seta, 1 lower proclinate orbital seta, and 2 medioclinate frontal setae; 1 latero-reclinate medial vertical seta; 1 lateral vertical seta convergent; 1 ocellar seta divergent, well-developed; 1 postocellar seta convergent; interfrontal setulae absent; lunule with one pair of setulae placed close to lateral margin; postocular setae short, increasing in length towards gena; palpus with apical 1 / 2 of ventral and apical edges with short and stout setae; prementum and labellum with few long and slender setae. Thorax (Fig. 2 B – C): Mesonotum homogeneous covered with vestiture of short black setae. Chaetotaxy: 1 well-developed prescutellar seta; 2 postsutural dorsocentral seta (anterior smaller); 3 postalar setae; 1 supralar setae; 1 presutural seta; 1 postpronotal seta; 2 notopleural setae; 2 anepisternal setae at posterior margin; 2 katepisternal setae at upper margin; 2 scutellar setae, 1 laterally close to the base and 1 apically. Legs: Fore femur with a row of long posteroventral setae, about as long as width of femur; mid femur with antero- and posteroventral rows of long setae, the posteroventral row longer than width of femur, ventral surface flattened and bare; hind femur with anteroventral row of long setae at apical 1 / 3, ventral and posterior surfaces bare, ventral surface flattened; mid tibia with 1 long apicoventral seta, about as long as 1 / 4 of tibia. Wing (Fig. 3 A): Hyaline; costal vein with setulae extending a little beyond R 2 + 3, and with posterior surface of second section of costal vein with short and sparse setae, ending before the third section of costal; R 2 + 3 nearly straight; R 4 + 5 and M 1 slightly converging at tip; cell br ending at level of subcostal break; cell dm long, ending at apical 6 / 10 of wing; dm-m as long as M 4; CuA + CuP long, slightly diverging from the margin of anal lobe, present as a fold in membrane, and ending before wing margin. Abdomen (Fig. 2 D): Broadened. Tergites and sternites homogeneously covered with short black setae. Male genitalia (Fig. 4): Dark brown. Bent under ventral side of abdomen. Epandrium higher than wide, narrowed, covered with many setulae, and with few setae mainly on posterior half. Cercus elongate and thin in lateral view, slightly arched; triangular in posterior view, with apex incised in midline, covered with many setulae. Surstylus broadened and rounded; apical margin bearing minute denticles, covered with many setulae, and some small setae on ventral half; fused with epandrium. Hypandrium well developed, higher than long, and higher and parallel to epandrium. Phallapodemic sclerite fused with base of pregonites and with hypandrium. Pregonite elongate and narrowed; clubbed distally, with two developed setae at middle, and tiny setae on clubbed apical portion. Distiphallus membranous, well developed and widened distally, with bilobed distal portion bearing some minute membranous spine-like projections. Female ovipositor (Fig. 5): Telescoped. Tergite 6 not modified, broadened and quadrangular, with two pairs of fine setae on posterior margin. Tergite 7 broadened and rectangular, with two fine setae on each posterolateral corner of the distal half. Tergite 8 short and quadrangular, with two setae on posterior margin. Supranal plate divided into two lateral plates. Sternite 6 broadened and triangular, with a row of thick setae on posterior margin. Sternite 7 broadened and rounded, with three pairs of long and thick setae on the posterior margin. Sternite 8 short and quadrangular, covered with many setulae. Cercus short and elongate, with many fine setulae.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The new species is named from the Latin epithet “ metallicus ” referring to its remarkable metallic green sheen of body.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution: NEOTROPICAL — Brazil (states of Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Roraima) (Fig. 6). The ant species (Azteca aff. chartifex), with which B. metallica sp. nov. is associated, is distributed from Costa Rica to southern Brazil (Longino 2007). Therefore, B. metallica sp. nov. may have a wider distribution.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Brakemyia metallica sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other Neotropical milichiid species in having body with metallic green sheen. Male specimens from different genera (Milichia, Milichiella Giglio-Tos and Pholeomyia Bilimek) have bands of silvery microtomentum on abdomen and / or thorax (Brake 2000; Swann 2010; Swann and Sinclair 2021) and some species are shining black, but they never have metallic sheen, as observed in B. metallica sp. nov. Brakemyia metallica, gen. et sp. nov.	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
A914C571AA12FF8BFECAD16CC495FCE0.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 – 6) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CCD 44732 - DCF 7 - 4 C 54 - 803 F- 7 DDD 77325 C 41	en	Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Barbosa, Rodrigo R., Soares, Matheus M. M. (2023): , a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest. Zoological Studies 62 (36): 1-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
