Open AccessChecklist of the dipterofauna (Insecta) from Roraima, Brazil, with special reference to the Brazilian Ecological Station of Maracá
Author(s) -
Paula Raile Riccardi,
Diego Aguilar Fachin,
Rosaly Ale-Rocha,
Edna Maria Amaral,
Dalton De Souza Amorim,
Leonardo H. Gil-Azevedo,
Renato Soares Capellari,
Daniel Dias Dornelas do Carmo,
Cláudio José Barros de Carvalho,
Gustavo Borges Ferro,
Heloísa Fernandes Flores,
Lucas Roberto Pereira Gomes,
Marco Silva Gottschalk,
Carlos José Einicker Lamas,
Silvana Lampert,
Marco Antonio Tonus Marinho,
Dayse Willkenia Almeida Marques,
Ramon Luciano Mello,
Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu,
Marco Antônio Menezes,
Mírian Nunes Morales,
Sarah Siqueira Oliveira,
Thalles Platiny Lavinscky Pereira,
Alessandre Pereira-Colavite,
Gabriela Pirani,
José Albertíno Rafael,
Josenilson Rodrigues dos Santos,
Marcoandré Savaris,
Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado,
Vera Cristina Silva,
Viviane Rodrigues de Sousa,
Maria Virgínia Urso-Guimarães,
Laura Viana Vargas,
Carolina Yamaguchi,
Rafaela Lopes Falaschi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
papéis avulsos de zoologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1807-0205
pISSN - 0031-1049
DOI - 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.014
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , geography , checklist , taxon , biodiversity , ecology , amazon basin , rainforest , forestry , archaeology , biology , paleontology
Roraima is a Brazilian state located in the northern portion of the Amazon basin, with few studies regarding its biodiversity. The Ecological Station of Maracá (Brazil, state of Roraima) harbors the third largest Brazilian pluvial island and is composed of a transitional landscape of savanna and Amazon rainforest components. Despite its ecological importance and strategic localization, few studies covered the dipterofauna of this locality. An updated checklist addressing 41 families of true flies (Diptera) occurring in Roraima is presented based on the literature and the specimens collected during a field expedition that occurred in 2015. This checklist brings several improvements such as new records of 165 taxa to the state of Roraima, 29 taxa to Brazil, and 259 morphotypes, mostly likely representing undescribed species.