Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Pipunculidae (Diptera)

José A. Rafael; Dayse W. A.  Marques; Alberto M. Silva-Neto; Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec03008

Authors

José A. Rafael Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0170-0514
Dayse W. A. Marques Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7260-5760
Alberto M. Silva-Neto Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-3756
Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Caxias, MA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4980-5454

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03008

Keywords:

Fernando de Noronha archipelago, big headed flies, endoparasitoid, neotropics, oceanic islands fauna, Eudorylas

Abstract

Eudorylas lepus (Rafael, 1990) is recorded for the first time in Fernando de Noronha. It is recorded in low number of specimens and it is shortly characterized.

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