A new species of Neosilba (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) associated with fig orchards in Mexico
Iain Macgowan1, Laura Navarro-DE-LA-Fuente2, Trevor Williams3
1National Museum of Scotland; Collection Centre; 242 West Granton Road; Edinburgh; Scotland. EH5 1JA. imacgowan9@gmail.com.
Zootaxa
|April 2, 2025
Abstract:
A distinctive species of Neosilba Waddill & Weems, namely Neosilba flavitarsis sp. nov is described from specimens reared from cultivated figs in Mexico. DNA sequencing confirms that the species belongs in the genus Neosilba and it is placed in a phylogenetic tree with other close relatives.
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