Gondwanamyia, a new empidoid (Diptera) genus of uncertain placement

Bradley J Sinclair; Jeffrey M Cumming; Scott E Brooks; Adrian R Plant; Toyohei Saigusa

doi:10.3897/zookeys.621.10115

Gondwanamyia, a new empidoid (Diptera) genus of uncertain placement

Zookeys. 2016 Oct 3:(621):137-147. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.621.10115. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Bradley J Sinclair¹, Jeffrey M Cumming², Scott E Brooks², Adrian R Plant³, Toyohei Saigusa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OPL-Entomology, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, KIA OC6, CANADA.
² Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, KIA OC6, CANADA.
³ Department of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK.
⁴ 7-1-402 Baikoen 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi 810-0035, Japan.

Abstract

A new minute-size empidoid fly genus, Gondwanamyiagen. n. and two new species (Gondwanamyia chilensis Cumming & Saigusa, sp. n., Gondwanamyia zealandica Sinclair & Brooks, sp. n.) are described, illustrated, and their distributions mapped. The family and subfamily assignments remain uncertain, but features of the female terminalia potentially suggest Trichopezinae (Brachystomatidae).

Keywords: Brachystomatidae; Chile; Empididae; Empidoidea; New Zealand; Trichopezinae; new genus; new species.