@article {57298, title = {A curious new genus of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Guatemala~}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = { 4586}, year = {2019}, pages = {383{\textendash}390 }, abstract = {

Amerikeroplatus dimorphicus n. gen. et n. sp. is described from Guatemala and compared with the similar Keroplatini genera Pseudochetoneura \Šev{\v c}\ík and Asiokeroplatus \Šev{\v c}\ík. The new genus is distinctive because it lacks the typical fusion of M and R (radiomedial fusion, RS+M) which is found in all but a few species-poor, and apparently unrelated, genera of keroplatids. Also unusual is the absence of vein R2+3 and the strong sexual dimorphism in the thorax; males are dark brown and females bright orange.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Neotropics, new species, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4586.210.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, author = {Fitzgerald, Scott J.} }