TY - JOUR T1 - A curious new genus of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Guatemala  JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2019 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.210.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.11 A1 - Fitzgerald, Scott J. SP - 383–390 KW - biodiversity KW - Neotropics KW - new species KW - Taxonomy AB -

Amerikeroplatus dimorphicus n. gen. et n. sp. is described from Guatemala and compared with the similar Keroplatini genera Pseudochetoneura Ševčík and Asiokeroplatus Ševčík. 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.

L2 - 57298 L3 - 69848 VL - 4586 UR - https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4586.2.11 CP - 2 ER -