A New Genus of Berothidae From Tropical America, With two New Species

Previously, the Berothidae of the Western Hemisphere all couldbe referred to three genera: Naizema Navas and CyrenoberothaMacLeod and Adams, both restricted to South America, includingone species each, and Lomamyia Banks, predominately NorthAmerican. A generic level discussion of these taxa may be found inMacLeod and Adams, 1967, and in Aspöck, 1986. In material submittedto me for identification are representatives of two species,from Central and northern South America, which belong to a previouslyundescribed genus. Institutions wherein material has beendeposited are abbreviated as follows: DHJ—Daniel H. JanzenCollection; FSCA—Florida State Collection of Arthropods;EGM—Ellis G. MacLeod Collection; IZAV—Instituto de ZoologiaAgricola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay; MCZ—Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; NHMW—Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria; USNM—United StatesNationsl Museum of Natural History, Washington