Neallodia Edwards

Amorim, Dalton De Souza & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2013, Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London, Zootaxa 3726 (1), pp. 1-119 : 74

Neallodia Edwards

Neallodia Edwards 1932: 146 . Type-species, N. flavida Edwards (mon.).

N. brevicornis (Enderlein) 1910a: 204 ( Allodia ). Type-locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina. Ref.— Lane 1958b: 154 (as a Cordyla species ); Tumikoski 1966: 192 (as a Neoallodia [sic] species). Holotype ♀, PAN.

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Notes. An identified specimen from Paraguay was examined for the question of its conspecificity with N. flavida .

The specimen from Paraguay is clearly darker in the mesonotum and in the pleural sclerites than the type of N .

flavida.

N. flavida Edwards 1932: 146 . Type-locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis. Ref.— Lane 1958b: 154 (as a junior synonym of N. brevicornis (Enderlein) , in the genus Cordyla ); Tuomikoski 1966: 192 (as a Neoallodia [sic] species). Holotype ♀, NHM. Revalidated.

N. BRASILIANA (Lane) 1947: 448 , figs. 1 (wing), 2 (♂ terminalia) ( Trichonta ). Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo (Ipiranga). Ref.— Lane 1958b: 154 (as a junior synonym of N. brevicornis (Enderlein) , in the genus Cordyla ); Tuomikoski 1966: 192 (as a Neoallodia [sic] species). Holotype ♀, MZUSP.

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Notes. The type series included only the female holotype. The holotype has the following labels: “Wiltuschnig [pr] / XI-29 [hw] / Petrópolis [pr]” // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “ Neallodia / flavida Edw. [hw] / F.W. Edwards / det. 1931” // “ HOLOTYPE [pr] / Neallodia / flavida [hw] / Edwards / det. J.E. Chainey, 1995” // “BMNH(E) # / 254485”. The specimen is in excellent condition. The synonymy of this species with N. brevicornis (Enderlein) , as appears in the Neotropical catalogue ( Papavero 1978: 4), has not been properly justified and N. flavida is herein revalidated. The synonymy of N. flavida with N. brasiliana (Lane) is maintained until more material is available for confirmation. The NHM has two specimens of N. brasiliana (Lane) from Rio de Janeiro labeled as paratypes by John Lane, one of them with an additional label by Nigel P. Wyatt of “NO TYPE STATUS” (not referred to in the original description). The female paratype of N. brasiliana number is BMNH(E) # 254486.

Figures

FIGURES 200–213. Mycetophilidae habitus. 200. Neoempheria unispinosa Edwards, holotype ♂. 201. Neoempheria varipennis (Lynch Arribálzaga),?. 202. Neoempheria vogeli Edwards, holotype ♂. 203. Manota defecta Williston, lectotype ♂. 204. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) bifida Freeman, holotype ♂. 205. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) brevifurcata Freeman, holotype ♂. 206. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) extensa Freeman, holotype ♂. 207. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) funerea Freeman, holotype ♂. 208. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) furcilla Freeman, holotype ♂. 209. Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) setigera (Freeman), holotype ♂. 210. Neallodia brevicornis (Enderlein),?. 211. Neallodia flavida Edwards, holotype ♀. 212. Rymosia pilosa Edwards, holotype ♀. 213. Synplasta cinerea (Freeman), holotype ♂.