Neogriphoneura Explained

Neogriphoneura is a primarily neotropical genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. One species, N. sordida, ranges into the Nearctic.^[1] There are about 11 described species in Neogriphoneura.^[1]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Neogriphoneura:

• N. bispoi Mello & Silva, 2008^[1]
• N. corrugata Mello & Silva, 2008^[1]
• N. immaculata Hendel, 1933^[2]
• N. laevifrons Hendel, 1925
• N. pacata Mello & Silva, 2008^[1]
• N. schnusei Hendel, 1925
• N. sordida (Wiedemann, 1830)
• N. striatifrons Hendel, 1932^[3]
• N. striga Curran, 1942^[4]
• N. tertia Curran, 1942^[4]
• N. timida Curran, 1942^{[4] [5]}

Further reading

• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. 1987. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.

Notes and References

1. De Mello . Ramon Luciano . Silva . Vera Cristina . A taxonomic review of Neogriphoneura Malloch, 1924 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with description of three new species . Zootaxa . 2008 . 1806 . 35–46 . Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand. 10.11646/zootaxa.1806.1.2 . 11449/6504 . 1175-5334. free .
2. Hendel . F. . Von Dr. Zürcher in den Jahren 1913–1918 in Paraguay gesammelte acalyptrate Dipteren . Revista de Entomologia . 1933 . 3 . 2 . 213–224.
3. Hendel . F. . Die Ausbeute der deutschen Chaco-Expedition 1925/26. Diptera.XXXI. Lauxaniidae . Konowia . 1932 . 11 . 103–110 . 13 April 2020.
4. Curran . Charles Howard . American Diptera . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural . 1942 . 80 . 51–84 . 13 April 2020.
5. Mello . Ramon Luciano . Mahlmann . Thiago . Silva . Vera Cristina . Redescription and first record in South America of Neogriphoneura timida Curran (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 2017 . 61 . 1 . 1–5 . 10.1016/j.rbe.2016.10.001 . free . 2017RvBrE..61....1M . 11449/173958 . free .