First records of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from French Guiana, with the description of a new species

Abstract

The dipteran family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 is recorded from French Guiana for the first time. It is represented by five genera, with four identified species (including a new species), and 13 females identified to genus level (including AmazunculusRafael, 1986). Cephalops amapaensisRafael, 1991, Cephalosphaera aurataSouza & Ale-Rocha, 2009, and Eudorylas fortisRafael, 1995 are recorded for the first time from French Guiana, and Clistoabdominalis mitarakensis Marques & Rafael, n. sp. is described and illustrated. © © 2019 Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.