Nearctic Anthomyzidae: Genera Mumetopia Melander and Xerocomyza gen. n. (Diptera)
Rohácek J and Barber KN. 2023. Nearctic Anthomyzidae: Genera Mumetopia Melander and Xerocomyza gen. n. (Diptera). European Journal of Entomology. 120:254-292
ABSTRACT: The New World genus Mumetopia Melander, 1913 is redefi ned, redescribed and its relationships are discussed. Its Nearctic type species, M. occipitalis Melander, 1913, is revised with lectotype designation, redescribed and illustrated in detail, and its relationship, biology and distribution are treated using published and numerous new data. A new genus, Xerocomyza gen. n., is described for X. hansoni sp. n., an unusual species from high desert plains in Utah (U.S.A.), and its phylogenetic relationships are discussed: Xerocomyza is recognized as a separate lineage of Anthomyzidae most probably allied to the Carexomyza + Chamaebosca group clade (sensu Barber & Roháček, 2020, Arthropod Syst. Phylogeny 78: 69–109). Biology and distribution of X. hansoni are given on the basis of limited label data from type specimens