A Century Later: Taxonomic Review of the Neotropical Genus Hyptiocheta Becker, 1922 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), With Description of Three New Andean Species

Quevedo L.; Soares M.M.M.; Gutiérrez-Bustamante S.; Lamas C.J.E.; Capellari R.S. · Austral Entomology (2026) · DOI: 10.1111/aen.70072

Resumen

The previously monotypic Neotropical genus Hyptiocheta Becker, 1922 is reviewed. Hyptiocheta convexa Becker, 1922 is redescribed, and three new species are described and illustrated from South America: H. archaeoptera Quevedo, Soares & Lamas sp. nov. (Ecuador), H. chuspi Quevedo, Soares & Gutiérrez-Bustamante sp. nov. (Peru) and H. supay Quevedo, Soares & Capellari sp. nov. (Ecuador). We provide high resolution photographs of external and internal morphology; the male and female terminalia are described for the first time, and an identification key for the males and an updated distribution map for the species are also provided. The phylogenetic position of the genus is discussed, along with the importance of Natural History Museum collections for biodiversity studies.

Instituciones: Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae