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A redefinition and review of the genus Myrmolimosina Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with morphological and molecular assessments of new species from Mexico and Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Stephen A. Marshall ,
Jeffrey H. Skevington ,
Scott Kelso  and
Claudia Zhou
Stephen A. Marshall*
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Jeffrey H. Skevington
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Scott Kelso
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Claudia Zhou
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: samarsha@uoguelph.ca).
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Abstract

The previously monotypic genus Myrmolimosina Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) is expanded to include the new speciesM. batus Marshall from Guatemala and Mexico and M. llama Marshall from Mexico, and redefined to include specimens with and without the strongly petiolate abdomen reflected in the generic name. Myrmolimosina batus is known only from females and M. llama is known only from males. The possibility that these two putative species represent the same sexually dimorphic species is considered and rejected based on molecular data.

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Systematics & Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 147 , Issue 6 , December 2015 , pp. 696 - 701
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2015 

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