Eur. J. Entomol. 104 (3): 573-599, 2007 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.074

Lepidosina, a new genus of New World Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

Stephen A. MARSHALL, Matthias BUCK, Owen LONSDALE
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;

The New World genus Lepidosina Marshall & Buck gen. n. is described including nine new and two previously described species: L. angusticercus Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Caribbean, Central and South America), L. argentinensis Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Argentina), L. cubensis Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Cuba), L. evanescens Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Central and South America), L. gibba (Spuler) comb. n. (Florida, Caribbean), L. inaequalis (Malloch) comb. n. (southern U.S.A., Central America, Venezuela), L. multispinulosa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Ecuador, Peru), L. platessa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Bolivia), L. proxineura Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Brazil), L. quadrisquamosa Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Venezuela), and L. rutricauda Marshall & Buck sp. n. (Colombia to Peru). Keys to males and females are provided, and the species level phylogeny is analyzed based on a matrix of 24 morphological characters. The sister group of this well-defined, highly apomorphic genus remains unknown. Most species are restricted to lowland habitats. Larvae and puparia of Lepidosina remain unknown.

Keywords: Lepidosina, Sphaeroceridae, new genus, phylogeny, key, sexual dimorphism, New World, new species

Received: January 24, 2007; Revised: April 30, 2007; Accepted: April 30, 2007; Published: July 25, 2007  Show citation

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MARSHALL, S.A., BUCK, M., & LONSDALE, O. (2007). Lepidosina, a new genus of New World Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). EJE, 104(3), 573-599. doi: 10.14411/eje.2007.074
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