Catalogue of Ditomyiidae and Diadocidiidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) types housed in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos José Einicker Lamas,Fernanda Ceres Toczek,Rafaela Lopes Falaschi

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.56

Abstract

The Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), São Paulo, Brazil houses the largest and most representative Brazilian collection of Diptera. In the present study, following a recommendation of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, it is presented a catalogue of the type specimens of Diadocidiidae and Ditomyiidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) held in the collection of the MZUSP. Label data and the condition of preservation of 27 type specimens (nine holotypes, two paralectotypes, and 16 paratypes) of 14 Neotropical species are provided.

Highlights

Brazil is one of the world’s most biodiversity-rich countries and most of their more important scientific collections are deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
The MZUSP zoological collection has about 11 million specimens collected over the great morphoclimatic domains and Brazilian seas, as well as expeditions to other countries, mostly from the Neotropical region (Tavares et al, 2015)
The family Diadocidiidae encompasses two genera with 24 extant described species in the world, 23 of which belong to the extant genus Diadocidia Ruthe, 1831, and only species assigned to a fossil genus from the Cretaceous amber from Katchin (Myamar), Docidiadia, with one

Summary

Introduction

Brazil is one of the world’s most biodiversity-rich countries and most of their more important scientific collections are deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), São Paulo, Brazil. Slide with labels: (1) printed on white paper: “MZ004489”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “BRASIL, Rio de Janeiro | Itatiaia | ix.1946 | Barreto col. Paratype ♂ with labels: (1) printed on pink paper: “PARATIPO”; (2) handwritten on white paper: “1.x.45 [01.x.1945] | São Paulo | Cantareira | Barretto”; (3) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “Centrocnemis | guarani | det.

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