New or little-known Neotropical Dolichopodidae (Diptera) (II): genus Hercostomus Loew excluded from the Neotropics Author Soares, Matheus M. M. 0000-0002-2355-1441 Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). & matheusmmsoares @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2355 - 1441 matheusmmsoares@gmail.com Author Capellari, Renato S. 0000-0002-8410-9235 Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Campus Uberaba, Rua João Batista Ribeiro 4000, Distrito Industrial II, Uberaba, Minas Gerais 38064 - 790, Brazil. & rscapellari @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8410 - 9235 rscapellari@gmail.com Author Ale-Rocha, Rosaly 0000-0001-9874-9770 Coordenação de Biodiversidade (COBIO, INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067 - 375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. & alerocha @ inpa. gov. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9874 - 9770 alerocha@inpa.gov.br text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-10 5254 2 181 208 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.2 journal article 233753 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.2 f252562c-4717-47ac-a322-24b63bd4ef49 1175-5326 7727356 413FCD68-A4B1-4EA0-A58F-63C9993AC08F Key to males of the latipes -group of Paraclius 1 Tarsus I dorsoventrally flattened ( Fig. 8E–G ); middle of face narrower than ocellar tubercle ( Figs 7B , 8C )..................................................... P . latipes (Aldrich) [ Costa Rica , Grenada and Saint Vincent and Grenadines ] - Tarsus I cylindrical or nearly so ( Fig. 11E, F ); middle of face as wide as ocellar tubercle ( Figs 6B , 10D , 11B )............ 2 2 Hypopygium distinctly shorter than abdomen ( Fig. 10A ); cercus yellow...................................................................................................... P . panamensis (Van Duzee) comb. nov. [ Panama ] - Hypopygium as long as abdomen or nearly so ( Figs 6A , 8B , 11D ); cercus pale brown or brownish.................... 3 3 Mesonotum with strong bluish reflections ( Fig. 11A ); ventral branch of cercus truncated at apex with several strong setae at apex ( Figs 11D , 12D )...................................................... P . norrbomi sp. nov. [ Costa Rica ] - Mesonotum with coppery to greenish reflections ( Fig. 8A ); ventral branch of cercus with pointed apex, without strong setae at apex ( Robinson 1964 , fig. 112)................................... P . aberrans Robinson [ USA ( Texas ) and Mexico ]