Description of new species of Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Brazil, with notes on natural history Author Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S. 0000-0002-2042-3778 Zoology Department, Entomology Laboratory, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil fernandofilho@museu-goeldi.br Author Cruz, Vanessa C. Zoology Department, Entomology Laboratory, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil Author Monteiro, Nilton J. S. Zoology Department, Entomology Laboratory, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil Author Kloss, Thiago G. Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology, Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570 - 900, Brazil text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-05 5433 2 207 230 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.3 1175-5326 AD3A0400-FCB8-4481-8F61-747BDD903D73 Pseudogaurax trifidus ( Duda, 1930 ) 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 ( 1 female ); Estadual Park of Utinga , Monkey Trail , 25.VII.2011 , leg. F.S. Carvalho-Filho , reared from pupae of Cicinnus ( 1 male and 1 specimen without abdomen) . Distribution. Brazil ( Pará ), Costa Rica . Natural history. The analyzed specimens were obtained from pupae of Cicinnus sp. ( Mimallonidae ). Remarks. This species has been recorded only for the type-locality in the Costa Rica ( Sabrosky & Paganelli 1984 ). Therefore, this is a new record from Brazil .