A revision of Centrioncus Speiser (Diptera, Diopsidae, Centrioncinae) with descriptions of new species from Angola, Burundi, and Kenya.

ABSTRACT: A diagnosis is presented for the Centrioncinae, the Afromontane Forest Flies or stalkless Diopsidae, while its taxonomic position within the Diopsidae is discussed. Arguments are presented for an eventual raising of the Centrioncinae to family level. The differential characters for its two genera, Centrioncus Speiser and Teloglabrus Feijen, are tabulated. The diagnosis for Centrioncus is updated and a key to the ten species now recognised (including three new species) is provided. Centrioncuscrassifemursp. nov. is described from a single female from Angola. This greatly extends the distribution range for the genus. Centrioncusbururiensissp. nov. is described from Burundi, while Centrioncuscopelandisp. nov. originates from the K

SUBMITTER: Feijen HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208442 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature