Revisão taxonômica das espécies amazônicas de ropalomera wiedemann, 1824 (diptera: ropalomeridae).

Abstract

The taxonomic revision of the Amazonian species of Ropalomera Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera: Ropalomeridae) is presented based on well-known and new morphological characters, especially from male terminalia. Nine species are recognized, eight of them are resdescribed: Ropalomera clavipes (Fabricius, 1805) (lectotype e paralectotypes here designated), R. femorata (Fabricius, 1805), R. glabrata Prado, 1966, R. goyana Prado, 1966, R. nudipes Frey, 1959, R. tessellata Prado, 1966, R. tibialis Walker, 1852, and R. titillator Steyskal, 1967 (lectotype e paralectotypes here designated); one new species is described, R. albifaciata sp. nov. (type-locality Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil). The species can be identified with the dicotomic key provided. All descriptions, whenever possible, include illustrations. R. glabrata and R. goyana are reported for the first time for the state of Amazonas (Brazil), and the first also was reported for the state of Pará. With this research, the number of known species in Amazonia brazilian was elevated from six to nine