Macgrathphora, Brown, 2022, Brown, 2022

Brown, Brian V., 2022, Two new genera of phorid flies, Macgrathphora and Aurisetiphora, from Costa Rica (Diptera: Phoridae), with recommendations for naming new genera in the family, Zootaxa 5115 (4), pp. 571-581 : 578

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23F98AA6-D461-4249-A264-289FA0D22608

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6361584

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F7B879A-FFCF-FF93-FF21-FCBBFA5DFBDB

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scientific name

Macgrathphora
status

new genus

Key to species

1. Origin of vein M 1 distal to origin of R 2+3; ( Figs. 7–8 View FIGURES 5–10 ); R-fork long.......................... M. longifurca new species

- Origin of M 1 close to origin of R 2+3 ( Figs. 5, 6, 9 View FIGURES 5–10 ); R-fork short................................................. 2

2. Costal sector 1 (distance along costa from humeral crossvein to R 1) only slightly longer than 2 (distance along costa from R 1 to R 2+3) ( Figs. 5–6 View FIGURES 5–10 ); Rs expanded distally, much thicker than costa.............................. M. caribbea new species

- Costal sector 1 approximately 2x sector 2 ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5–10 ); Rs only slightly expanded, not increased in size distally ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5–10 )......................................................................................... M. pacifica new species

Gallery Image

FIGURES 5–10. Wing male. 5–6. Macgrathphora caribbea new species. 5. Male. 6. Female. 7–8. Macgrathphora longifurca new species. 7. Male. 8. Female. 9. Macgrathphora pacifica new species, male. 10. Aurisetiphora maggiesnowae new species, male.

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae