Wheeler Terry A, Sinclair Bradley J
deceased, formerly at McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
Zootaxa. 2019 Sep 11;4668(3):zootaxa.4668.3.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1.
Paraleucopidae Wheeler fam. nov. is proposed for the previously unplaced New World genera Paraleucopis Malloch, Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto and Schizostomyia Malloch and undescribed Australian species. A key to genera of Paraleucopidae is provided. Paraleucopis is revised and includes nine species: P. auripes Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Andalgala, Argentina); P. bispinosa Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Socos, Coquimbo, Chile); P. boharti Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Andalgala, Argentina); P. boydensis Steyskal (type locality: nr. Palm Desert, California, USA); P. corvina Malloch (type species of genus; type locality: New Mexico, USA); P. mexicana Steyskal (type locality: Kino Bay, Mexico); P. nigra Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Portal, Arizona, USA); P. paraboydensis Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Willis Palms Oasis, California, USA); P. saguaro Wheeler Sinclair sp. nov. (type locality: Usery Mtn Park, Arizona, USA). A key to the species of Paraleucopis is provided. The distribution of Paraleucopis is disjunct, with six species in the western United States and northwestern Mexico and three species in northern Chile and northern Argentina. The sister group and superfamilial assignment of the Paraleucopidae cannot be established based on current knowledge although the family has affinities to some families of the Asteioinea sensu J.F. McAlpine. A well-supported hypothesis on the relationships of the families of the Acalyptratae will be required before the sister group relationships of Paraleucopidae can be determined.
拟将Paraleucopidae Wheeler科作为新科，用于包含此前未分类的新大陆属Paraleucopis Malloch、Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto和Schizostomyia Malloch以及未描述的澳大利亚物种。提供了Paraleucopidae科各属的检索表。对Paraleucopis属进行了修订，包括9个物种：P. auripes Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：阿根廷安达尔加拉）；P. bispinosa Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：智利科金博省索科斯）；P. boharti Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：阿根廷安达尔加拉）；P. boydensis Steyskal（模式产地：美国加利福尼亚州棕榈沙漠附近）；P. corvina Malloch（属模式种；模式产地：美国新墨西哥州）；P. mexicana Steyskal（模式产地：墨西哥基诺湾）；P. nigra Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：美国亚利桑那州波特尔）；P. paraboydensis Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：美国加利福尼亚州威利斯棕榈绿洲）；P. saguaro Wheeler Sinclair新种（模式产地：美国亚利桑那州尤塞里山公园）。提供了Paraleucopis属各物种的检索表。Paraleucopis属的分布不连续，在美国西部和墨西哥西北部有6个物种，在智利北部和阿根廷北部有3个物种。尽管Paraleucopidae科与J.F. McAlpine意义上的Asteioinea的一些科有亲缘关系，但根据目前的知识尚无法确定其姐妹群和总科归属。在确定Paraleucopidae科的姐妹群关系之前，需要一个得到充分支持的关于无瓣蝇类各科关系的假说。
