Revision of the Neotropical genus Mulfordia Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstract

Revision of the Neotropical genus Mulfordia Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae). The present paper provides a revision of Mulfordia Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae), including redescriptions of the genus and of its three species. The descriptions are complemented with illustrations of some characters to make the recognition of the species easier and to help the use of the key. The male terminalia of M. ferruginea Malloch is described for the first time.

Keywords

• Insecta
• morphology
• Neotropical
• taxonomy