Twelve New Species of Snail-Killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) of the Genus Dictya Meigen from the Americas and Description of the Female of Dictya praecipua Orth
Murphy WL. 2022. Twelve New Species of Snail-Killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) of the Genus Dictya Meigen from the Americas and Description of the Female of Dictya praecipua Orth. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 124(3):606-660
ABSTRACT: Described as new are 12 species of snail-killing flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) of the genus Dictya Meigen from the Americas: D. ahbellae, D. aprilae, D. coryi, D. dunnei, D. emrehorum, D. garlandi, D. gibbsi, D. heyjimi, D. jemae, D. jofusi, D. malloyi, and D. youngi. Specimens representing these species were discovered among more than 5600 specimens of Dictya examined by the author between 2007 and 2022. The 12 new species bring to 56 the number of described, valid species in the genus Dictya. Also identified and described for the first time is the female of D. praecipua Orth.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Murphy, William
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Acalyptrata, Brachycera, Dictya brimleyi, Dictya expansa, Dictya pictipes, Dictya praecipua, Dictya sabroskyi, Dictya stricta, Dictya texensis, Diptera, distribution, GRSM-00131, Insecta, Nearctic, new record, taxonomy, Tetanocerini