Revision of <i>Cerozodus</i> Bigot, 1857 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) with description of a new species from Brazil

Abstract

The second species of the Neotropical genus Cerozodus Bigot, 1857, Cerozodus brachylobus sp. nov. is described from Mirador, Maranhão state, Brazil and Cerozodus nodicornis (Wiedemann, 1828) is redescribed. The habitus, wing and male terminalia structures are described and illustrated.

A new species of Cerozodus and new records of Asilinae and Ommatiinae (Diptera: Asilidae) from Tocantins, Brazil

“…Identification. To identify the species, papers with original descriptions, keys and reviews were consulted (Carrera, 1945(Carrera, , 1959Artigas & Angulo, 1980;Pamplona & Aires, 1999;Scarbrough, 2003Scarbrough, , 2008Papavero et al, 2009;Vieira et al, 2010Vieira et al, , 2012Vieira et al, , 2013Castro et al, 2016), in addition to photos of type material from the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany (MfN), and the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP). The dissection of the terminalia followed the protocol of Vieira & Rafael (2014).…”

Aristofolia Ayala-Landa, a valid genus of Asilinae (Diptera, Asilidae)

“…In Asilinae, only males of Cerozodus have also a dilation in the stylus, however this dilation is situated at the basal region ventrally and postpedicel laterally compressed with the apex broadly truncate (Artigas & Papavero 1995;Vieira et al 2013). In Aristofolia, the leaf-like projection is located in the mid-apical region and the postpedicel is oval (Figs.…”

A unique robber fly species and genus of Asilinae from Argentina (Diptera: Asilidae)

“…Recent taxonomic contributions for the Asilinae in the Neotropical Region include revisionary works, descriptions of new genera and species, and new distribution records by Lamas and Mellinger (2011); Vieira (2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2014); Vieira et al (2012); Vieira et al (2013); Vieira et al (2014); Vieira et al (2017); Vieira et al (2019); Köhler et al (2013); Artigas and Vieira (2014); Vieira and Ayala‐Landa (2014); Vieira and Rafael (2014); Vieira and Silva (2014); Dumbardon‐Martial (2015); Camargo et al (2016); Camargo et al (2019); Castro et al (2016); Guimarães et al (2016); Vieira and Rafael (2016); Ayala‐Landa (2019); Smit (2019); Barahona‐Segovia and Pañinao‐Monsálvez (2020); Estrada and Nápoles (2020); Sánchez (2020); Sánchez and Camargo (2021); and Yepes and Forero (2021).…”