Gondwanamyia, a new empidoid (Diptera) genus of uncertain placement.
A new minute-size empidoid fly genus,Gondwanamyiagen. n.and two new species (Gondwanamyia chilensisCumming & Saigusa,sp. n.,Gondwanamyia zealandicaSinclair & Brooks,sp. n.) are described, illustrated, and their distributions mapped. The family and subfamily assignments remain uncertain, but features of the female terminalia potentially suggest Trichopezinae (Brachystomatidae).
Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OPL-Entomology, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, KIA OC6, CANADA.
Bradley J
BJ
Sinclair
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, KIA OC6, CANADA.
Jeffrey M
JM
Cumming
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, KIA OC6, CANADA.
Scott E
SE
Brooks
Department of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK.
Adrian R
AR
Plant
7-1-402 Baikoen 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi 810-0035, Japan.
Toyohei
T
Saigusa
Brachystomatidae; Chile; Empididae; Empidoidea; New Zealand; Trichopezinae; new genus; new species