Apiophorinae of Brazil: taxonomic revision of the genus Eumydas Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Diptera: Mydidae)

Abstract

The Brazilian genus Eumydas Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Diptera: Mydidae: Apiophorinae) is herein revised. Three species are recognized: the type-species E. compas Wilcox & Papavero, 1971, E. itapiruba sp.n. and E. wilcoxi (Papavero, 1976) comb.n. The female oíE. wilcoxi is described for the first time. The known geographical range of the genus is expanded, with new records from Santa Catarina and Espirito Santo states in Brazil. An identification key is provided for the species.

Revision of the Early Cretaceous mydid Cretomydas santanensis (Diptera: Mydidae)

“…It has just slightly shorter wings (13 mm long and 4.3 mm wide in our fossil while 14 mm long and 4.6 mm wide in holotype; dc cell 4.1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide for our fossil instead of 4.1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide in holotype; cell between R1 and R2+3 7.7 mm long, 0.6 mm wide in our fossil while 9.0 mm long, 0.6 mm wide in holotype). Thus, we can consider that they correspond to the same species, although different extant species in the same genus of Mydidae can have very similar venations (see Eumylas itapibura and Eumylas wilcoxi in Almeida et al, 2014: fig. 4B-C).…”