title: Taxonomic Revision of Lipoptilocnema (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), With Notes on Natural History and Forensic Importance of Its Species.
abstract: Lipoptilocnema Townsend is a small genus of Neotropical Sarcophaginae with a distinctive genitalic morphology. This genus is revised based on the examination of the type series and large numbers of specimens of the seven previously known species, plus three new ones herein described, one from Argentina (L. delfinado Mulieri and Mello-Patiu, sp. nov.), and two from Brazil (L. savana Mulieri and Mello-Patiu, sp. nov. and L. tibanae Mulieri and Mello-Patiu, sp. nov.). All species are described or redescribed and illustrated. Distribution maps and a key for male identification are provided. The taxonomic position of this genus is reviewed and the interpretation of phallic structures is discussed. Notes on the natural history of Lipoptilocnema species are provided, and their potential importance as PMI indicators is highlighted, including the first record of Lipoptilocnema reared from a dead human body.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN), Buenos Aires, Argentina (mulierii@yahoo.com) mulierii@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Pablo Ricardo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mulieri
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Entomologia, Río de Janeiro, Brazil (camello@acd.ufrj.br).
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mello-Patiu
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA, CCT CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina (faballay@mendoza-conicet.gob.ar).
authors.forename: Fernando H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Aballay
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D004772:Entomology; D005260:Female; D044707:Forensic Sciences; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D058493:Sarcophagidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D013020:South America
keywords: Neotropics; biodiversity; flesh fly; forensic entomology; new species