title: A new case of an Holarctic element in the Colombian Andes: first record of Cordyla Meigen (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region.
abstract: Three new species of Mycetophilidae - Cordyla monticola sp. n., Cordyla pseudopusilla sp. n. and Cordyla reducta sp. n. - are described from the Colombian Andes, representing the first described species of Cordyla Meigen from the Neotropical region. Colour photos of their habitus, wing and terminalia are provided. The morphological affinities of male terminalia are discussed in a worldwide context. The distributional pattern of the genus clearly indicates a case of northern elements reaching the north-western region of the Neotropics that corresponds to a secondary extension of a Holarctic clade to the south.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi st 5-D054, 51014 Tartu, ESTONIA.
authors.forename: Olavi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kurina
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus II. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia, prédio ICB1. CP 131, CEP 74001-970, Goiânia - GO, BRAZIL.
authors.forename: Sarah Siqueira
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oliveira
keywords: Cordyla; Diptera; Mycetophilidae; Neotropical region; distribution; fungus gnats; taxonomy