Calhau Julia, Lamas Carlos José Einicker, Nihei Silvio Shigueo
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04263-000, Brazil.; Email:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-900, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Nov 26;4048(3):392-411. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.3.3.
Gauromydas Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 are giant flies, and include the largest fly known, G. heros (Perty, 1833). This genus was originally erected to group four Neotropical species, namely G. apicalis (Wiedemann, 1830), G. autuorii (d'Andretta, 1951), G. heros, and G. mystaceus (Wiedemann, 1830). As with most of the remaining Mydidae, adults of Gauromydas are very rarely collected. We here describe two new species of Gauromydas (G. mateus sp. nov. and G. papaveroi sp. nov.) discovered in entomological collections, including specimens unstudied for up to eight decades. We also provide revised diagnoses for the remaining four species of Gauromydas, along with a new key and new distribution records for the genus.
高罗蝇属（Gauromydas），由威尔科克斯、帕帕韦罗和皮门特尔于1989年提出，是一种巨型苍蝇，其中包括已知最大的苍蝇——英雄高罗蝇（G. heros，佩尔蒂，1833年）。该属最初设立时包含四个新热带区物种，即顶毛高罗蝇（G. apicalis，维德曼，1830年）、奥图里高罗蝇（G. autuorii，d'安德雷塔，1951年）、英雄高罗蝇和须毛高罗蝇（G. mystaceus，维德曼，1830年）。与大多数其余的食蚜蝇科昆虫一样，高罗蝇属的成虫极少被采集到。我们在此描述在昆虫学收藏中发现的两种高罗蝇新物种（马特乌斯高罗蝇新种和帕帕韦罗高罗蝇新种），其中包括长达八十年未被研究的标本。我们还对高罗蝇属其余四个物种进行了修订诊断，同时提供了该属的新检索表和新分布记录。
