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Taxonomic status of Macrocerides species (Diptera: Phoridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2012

Brian V. Brown
Brian V. Brown
Affiliation:
Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, United States of America (e-mail: bbrown@nhmorg).
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Abstract

The taxonomic status of the nine species of the mostly Neotropical genus Macrocerides Borgmeier is reviewed after the holotypes of seven species are examined. Macrocerides anacleti Borgmeier, M. brevicornis Borgmeier, and M. luteus Borgmeier are transferred to Myriophora Brown (new combinations). Macrocerides neivai Borgmeier is transferred to Apocephalus (new combination), creating a homonym with Apocephalus neivai Borgmeier for which the replacement name A. elizaldae is proposed. The African Macrocerides leydheckeri Schmitz is placed in a new genus, Macrocerophora. Tauricornus, a new subgenus of Macrocerides, is proposed for a monophyletic group that includes M. (T.) abaristalis Borgmeier, M. (T). attophilus Disney, and two new species, M. (T.) taurocephalus from southern Texas, United States of America, and M. (T.) borkenti from Costa Rica to northern South America.

Résumé

L'examen des holotypes de sept espèces a permis la révision du statut taxonomique des neuf espèces du genre principalement néotropical Macrocerides Borgmeier. Macrocerides anacleti Borgmeier, M. brevicornis Borgmeier, et M. luteus Borgmeier sont transférés au genre Myriophora Brown (nouvelles combinaisons). Macrocerides neivai Borgmeier est transféré au genre Apocephalus (nouvelle combinaison), ce qui crée un homonyme avec Apocephalus neivae Borgmeier pour lequel le nom de remplacement A. elizaldae est proposé. L'espèce africaine Macrocerides leydheckeri Schmitz se retrouve dans le nouveau genre Macrocerophora. Un nouveau sous-genre de Macrocerides, Tauricornus, est proposé pour inclure M. (T.) abaristalis Borgmeister, M. (T.) attophilus Disney, ainsi que deux nouvelle espèces, M. (T.) taurocephalus du sud du Texas, États-Unis, et M. (T.) borkenti dont la répartition s—étend du Costa Rica jusqu'au nord de l'Amérique du Sud.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 143 , Issue 6 , December 2011 , pp. 697 - 705
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2011

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