The first Dexiinae from Mauritius: the description of a new species of Pandelleia Villeneuve, 1907 (Diptera, Tachinidae)

Authors

  • Marcelo Domingos de Santis Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociências (IB‑USP), Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Biogeografia de Insecta. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-6433
  • Silvio Shigueo Nihei Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociências (IB‑USP), Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Biogeografia de Insecta. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-6282

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.90

Keywords:

Afrotropical, Dexiinae, Description, Dufouriini, New species

Abstract

A new species of the Afro-Palearctic genus Pandelleia Villeneuve, 1907 (Diptera: Tachinidae), P. crosskeyi sp. nov., from Mauritius is described. This is the first Dexiinae to be described from Mauritius. In addition, this new species corresponds to the ninth species for this genus, and the third in the Afrotropics. The main external features that distinguish it from the other species in this genus is the abdomen that lacks the pair of small, round and dark brown spots, vein M ending in R₄₊₅ at a 90° angle, and female with dark brown scutellum.

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2021-10-27

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de Santis, M. D., & Nihei, S. S. (2021). The first Dexiinae from Mauritius: the description of a new species of Pandelleia Villeneuve, 1907 (Diptera, Tachinidae). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 61, e20216190. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.90

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