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 tridens
Sabrosky, 1966
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
, reared from pupae of
Cicinnus
infected with an entomophagous fungus (
2 females
)
.
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Pará
,
Santa Catarina
).
Natural history.
The analyzed specimens were obtained from pupae of
Cicinnus
sp.
(
Mimallonidae
) infected with an entomophagous fungus.
Remarks.
This species has been recorded only for the type-locality in the state of
Santa Catarina
, southern
Brazil
(
Sabrosky & Paganelli 1984
). Therefore, this is a new record from the Brazilian Amazon.