Phaonantho sp.

Gomes, Lucas Roberto Pereira & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros de, 2023, New records of the Neotropical genus Phaonantho Albuquerque (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-9 : 7-8

Phaonantho sp.

Material examined: MEXICO, Veracruz, Est. Biol. de Los Tuxtlas [18.584982, −95.073932], A.Ibarra, 14.IV.1986, 1♀, CNIN.

Remarks: This female specimen is the first record of Phaonantho in Mexico. Its morphology resembles P.benevola , but considering its distribution (the northernmost known locality for the genus) and the fact that the main diagnostic characteristics are in males, we preferred to indicate this specimen as a morphospecies.

Distribution

We have updated the distributional knowledge of the genus, including the first record of Phaonantho in Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Mexico, as well as the first records across Brazilian states: Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, and Santa Catarina ( Fig. 4 ). Phaonantho benevola and P. sordilloae are mainly distributed in the Boreal Brazilian, Paraná, Chacoan, South Brazilian, and South-eastern Amazonian dominions (sensu Morrone,2014),with both species co-occuring in most regions where they have been recorded. In contrast, P. mallochi is mainly distributed in the Paraná dominion, with only a few known records in the Boreal Brazilian, Chacoan, and Pacific dominions ( Fig. 4 ). Remarkably, P. mallochi is distributed in Panamá and Guyana ( Curran, 1934). Conversely, the remaining records are exclusively from southern, southeastern, and northeastern Brazil and Paraguay, with no presence in Bolivia, Peru, and Northern Brazil, where P. benevola and P. sordilloae have numerous records. Our study introduces numerous new records for Phaonantho species, but the distribution of these species probably are even wider.

Figures

Figure 4. Map of Phaonantho species with geopolitical borders: P. benevola (orange); P.mallochi (blue); P.sordilloae (red); and Phaonantho sp. (black). Circles = literature records;square = new records.