Eight new species of Dexosarcophaga Townsend, 1917 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from the Neotropical Region Author Santos, Josenilson Rodrigues dos D25D8258-3D2B-4327-88B3-62893BFCA2B3 Laboratório de Diptera Neotropicais, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. & Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences (Zoology), Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. josenilsonrs@yahoo.com.br Author Pape, Thomas 1371BF99-D20A-47B9-BA9D-1F8D830A1B5A Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. tpape@snm.ku.dk Author Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de AFC308BA-1CBA-4AD4-AAD3-78E1B2F2F255 Laboratório de Diptera Neotropicais, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-07-12 828 109 137 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.828.1857 journal article 94516 10.5852/ejt.2022.828.1857 366b5c2a-9772-48c9-88a9-5b676abe76e6 2118-9773 6823730 DF138EE3-B825-4980-8BB5-3C03C53B7428 Dexosarcophaga limon sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 96DDE888-0828-433C-9E66-71D6F7689605 Figs 3F , 6 Diagnosis Vein R 1 bare. Male: scutellum with a pair of reduced apical setae; vesica with a ventral, sclerotized lobe ( Fig. 6D–E ); juxta folding around tip of paraphallus and with numerous spine-like processes ( Fig. 6D– E ). [Female unknown.] Etymology The species epithet ‘ limon ’ should be treated as a noun in apposition. The name refers to the province where the type locality of the new species is located. Material examined Holotype COSTA RICA • ♂ ; Limón , 15 km S of Siquerres , Las Brisas , Nairi-Barbilla nr Rio Dantas ; alt. 300– 500 m ; 21–28 Aug.1996 ; Gustafsson , Pape and Viklund leg.; INBio [lost]. Description Male (n=1) Length: 8 mm . Differs from D. phoenix sp. nov. as follows: Frons about 0.25 × head width at level of ocellar triangle; 10 well-developed frontal setae reaching level of apex of pedicel; first flagellomere approximately 4× as long as pedicel; thorax with slightly yellowish-silver pollinosity ( Fig. 3F ); intra-alars 2 +2, postpronotals 2; meral setae 5–7; scutellum with pair of reduced apical setae; abdomen dark brown, with golden pollinosity; T5 with row of 12 marginal setae; cercus with pointed apex ( Fig. 6B–C ); surstylus trapezium-shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 6B ); pregonite almost straight, 1.5× length of postgonite and with broad base ( Fig. 6D ); vesica consisting of membranous and sclerotized areas and with ventral dark lobe with 2–3 spines ( Fig. 6D–E ); juxta equipped with numerous spines ( Fig. 6D–E ); median stylus with enlarged base and narrow apex, slightly shorter than lateral stylus, base curved towards ventral and dorsal margins of paraphallus and with apical spines ( Fig. 6D–E ); lateral stylus with base slightly curved towards ventral margin of paraphallus and with apical spines ( Fig. 6D–E ). Female Unknown. Distribution Costa Rica ( Limón ). Remarks Dexosarcophaga limon sp. nov. is morphologically similar to D. petra sp. nov. and D. paulistana (Lopes, 1982) by having a vesica with a rounded lobe in lateral view ( Figs 6D , 7D ; Lopes 1982a : fig. 58). Dexosarcophaga limon sp. nov. and D. petra sp. nov. can be differentiated from D. paulistana by the distally completely rounded vesica ( Figs 6D , 7D ) and with a digitiform projection distally in D. paulistana ( Lopes 1982a : fig. 58). Males of D. limon sp. nov. can be differentiated from those of D. petra sp. nov. by the following features: ST5 with arm-like processes almost parallel-sides in middle part, apically rounded, and almost half as long as sternite ( Fig. 6A ), cercus almost straight in lateral view ( Fig. 6B ), and juxta with small spines apically ( Fig. 6D–E ). In D. petra sp. nov. , these features appear as follows: ST5 with arm-like processes gradually tapering, apically pointed and distinctly shorter than half of sternite, and with two small but distinct lobes projecting near the midline ( Fig. 7A ); apical half of cercus curved anteriorly ( Fig. 7B ), and juxta with small spines only at base ( Fig. 7D–E ).