title: Two new species of Acrocephalomyia Ibáñez-Bernal & Hernández-Ortiz, 2012 from Brazil (Diptera: Ropalomeridae) and a key to known species.
abstract: Two new species of Acrocephalomyia Ibáñez-Bernal & Hernández-Ortiz (Diptera, Ropalomeridae) are described. The genus currently includes three species, the type species from Costa Rica, Acrocephalomyia zumbadoi Ibáñez-Bernal & Hernández-Ortiz, and two new species from Brazil herein described, A. torulosa sp. nov., (State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Midwest) and A. pulchra sp. nov. (State of Amazonas, North). A key for the known species of Acrocephalomyia is given and characters of the male terminalia are described and discussed for the first time, with special attention to the "epiphallus".
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CBio), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-970, Manaus, AM, Brasil Corresponding author. Fellowship CNPq; Graduate Program in Entomology;; Email: edgar.alvim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alvim
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CBio), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-970, Manaus, AM, Brasil; Email: alerocha@inpa.gov.br.
authors.forename: Rosaly
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ale-Rocha
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size