Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species | Zendy

Patrick Grootaert | Zendy; Isabella Van de Velde | Zendy

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Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species

Author(s) -

Patrick Grootaert,

Isabella Van de Velde

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

european journal of taxonomy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2118-9773

DOI - 10.5852/ejt.2019.528

Subject(s) - cape verde , dolichopodidae , archipelago , ecology , biology , key (lock) , geography , genus , history , ethnology

In the present paper three empidoid fly species new to science are described from the island Sal of the Cabo Verde archipelago. Aphrosylus salensis sp. nov., a marine dolichopodid fly, is found in the splash zone of a rocky sea shore. Crossopalpus salensis sp. nov. (Hybotidae) is recorded from two different sebkhas. Crossopalpus complicatus sp. nov. is reported from an irrigated wasteland. A key to the species of these two genera occurring on Cape Verde is provided. The presence of the morphospecies Tachytrechus tessellatus (Macquart, 1842), a presumed Old World tropical species, is confirmed.

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