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Vol. 62, 2023
(update: 2023.7.24)
Brakemyia, a New Neotropical Jackal Fly Genus
of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) Associated with Carton Ant Nest
Fernando
S. Carvalho-Filho1,* , Rodrigo R. Barbosa1,3, and Matheus M.M. Soares2,4
doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36
1Coordenação
de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
*Correspondence: E-mail: fernandofilho@museu-goeldi.br
(Carvalho-Filho)
E-mail: rodigosr@gmail.com (Barbosa).
2Graduate Program in Entomology, Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. E-mail:
matheusmmsoares@gmail.com (Soares)
(Received 20 November 2022 / Accepted
4 May 2023 / Published 24 July 2023)
Communicated by Y. Miles Zhang
Brakemyia metallica gen. et sp.
nov. (Diptera, Milichiidae) is described and illustrated based on male
and female specimens reared from carton nests of the ant Azteca aff. chartifex Forel (Formicidae:
Dolichoderinae). The new genus is widely distributed in the Brazilian
Amazon, and it can be readily distinguished from the other Neotropical
genera by the broadened lunule, which extend, well posterior of the
antennae, and hypandrial complex parallel to epandrium.
Key words: Milichiinae, Jackal
flies, Neotropical region, Dolichoderinae, Azteca ant
Citation: Carvalho-Filho FS, Barbosa RR,
Soares MMM. 2023. Brakemyia,
a new Neotropical jackal fly genus of Milichiidae (Insecta: Diptera) associated
with carton ant nest. Zool Stud 62:36. doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-36.
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