A new species of the Curtonotum platyphallum species-group (Diptera: Curtonotidae) from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo

Zootaxa. 2023 Jan 4;5227(1):137-142. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.7.

Abstract

A new species of Curtonotum Macquart is described and figured from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, based on the unique male holotype from disturbed Guineo-Congolian rainforest. The new species clearly belongs to the Curtonotum platyphallum species-group in sharing the synapomorphy of the basiphallus with an angulate ventrally expanded and concave process. Additional key couplets are provided to distinguish the new species from its congeners.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Congo
  • Diptera*
  • Male
  • Parks, Recreational
  • Rainforest