Five new species of Microcerella Macquart, 1851 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from the Andean Region

  • Josenilson Rodrigues dos Santos Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5491-8541
  • Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0162-0952
  • Márcia Souto Couri Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-395X
  • Pablo Ricardo Mulieri Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, División Entomología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Angel Gallardo Street 470, Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3849-4144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2897
Keywords: morphology, taxonomy, flesh flies, Sarcophaginae, phallic structures

Abstract

Five new species of Microcerella Macquart, 1851 are described from the Andean Region: one from Argentina, Microcerella obscura sp. nov., two from Chile, Microcerella desertum sp. nov. and Microcerella grinteri sp. nov., one from Ecuador, Microcerella hyperbole sp. nov., and one from Peru, Microcerella jimi sp. nov. The male morphology is documented with photographs and illustrations, including details of the terminalia for all new species. New morphological structures in the phallus are observed for these new species of Microcerella, the median and lateral processes.

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Published
2025-05-09
How to Cite
dos Santos, J. R., de Mello-Patiu, C. A., Couri, M. S., & Mulieri, P. R. (2025). Five new species of Microcerella Macquart, 1851 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from the Andean Region. European Journal of Taxonomy, 989(1), 245–265. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2897
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Vol. 989 (2025)
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