New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Madagascar

Authors

  • Iain MacGowan National Museums of Scotland Collection Centre, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh EH5 1JA, UK. E-mail: imacgowan9@gmail.com

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Diptera, Schizophora, Lonchaeidae, lance flies, Afrotropical, Madagascar, checklist, identification key, new species, taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species of Lonchaeidae in two genera are described from the island of Madagascar: Dasiops kaplani n. sp., Dasiops pencil n. sp., Silba andasibe n. sp., Silba longigonite n. sp., Silba macrogonite n. sp. and Silba setigonite n. sp. One species new to Madagascar—Silba virescens Macquart, 1851—is recorded, and pre­vious records from the islands are re-evaluated. The known fauna now numbers 12 species in three genera. A key is provided to all the Lonchaeidae species presently known from the island. The presence of further undescribed species of Lonchaea Fallén, 1820 and Dasiops Rondani, 1856 is noted.

 

Cite as: MacGowan, I. 2019. New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Madagascar. Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (2): 223–242.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3559548

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2019-12-02

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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2019)

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