An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country Author Fachin, Diego Aguilar Laboratório de Evolução e Morfologia de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Author Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada 0000-0003-1817-7544 Laboratório de Evolução e Morfologia de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. & marcela. zichinelli @ usp. br; ’ https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1817 - 7544 marcela.zichinelli@usp.br Author Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete 0000-0002-4463-8749 Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, San Lorenzo, Paraguay. & Departamento de Biología c / o Dirección de Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay. bolosphex @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4463 - 8749 bolosphex@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-27 5190 1 1 55 journal article 153855 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.1 d894a77f-b902-4b46-95c2-010eaf30c2af 1175-5326 7119906 ADB67A2C-5121-4413-AB6A-92ABE99C24DD nebulifer James in James & McFadden, 1971 Merosargus nebulifer James in James & McFadden, 1971: 49 ; 56, fig. 22 (wing); 58, fig. 49 (male genitalia); 72 (in key to species). Holotype : male (CNC). Type locality: Peru , Madre de Dios , Avispas , 400 m . References. James, 1973a : 26.14 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 198 (cat.); Fachin & Amorim, 2015: 79 , fig. 227 (antenna), 81, fig. 251 (wing), 82, fig. 277 (alula), 87, figs 312–313 (male genitalia), 92, fig. 348 (epandrium), 95, fig. 377 (genital fork), 98, fig. 399 (habitus dorsal, male). Material examined. Paraguay : 1 ♂ , [ Itapúa ], Pirapó , 30–31.xii.1971 , L. Peña col. ( MZUSP ; MZ015525 ) . Distribution. Ecuador , Panama , Paraguay ( Itapúa : Pirapó), Peru . Comments. Of the 32 paratypes ( 22 males and 10 females ) and the allotype mentioned in the original description, nine paratypes , sexes not stated, are deposited in the WSU collection (type number 848, see Zack 1984: 25 ) and 15 male and seven female paratypes and the allotype are housed in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming 1993: 47 ). The depository institution of a single paratype remains unknown.