Ramos-Pastrana Yardany, Merchan-Vargas Geraldine Lucia, Soares Matheus M M
Universidad de la Amazonia; Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia -GIEUA-; Laboratorio de Entomología -LEUA-; Av. 11 5-69 Juan XXIII; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo; Laboratório de Diptera; Av. Nazaré; 481; 04263-000 - Ipiranga; São Paulo; São Paulo; Brazil.
Zootaxa. 2024 Sep 27;5514(3):257-272. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.3.3.
The genus Systenus Loew, 1857 (Dolichopodidae: Medeterinae) is recorded for the first time from Colombia through the description of four new species: S. bickeli sp. nov., S. colombiensis sp. nov., S. fuscus sp. nov. and S. grossus sp. nov. and by the record of five previously described species: S. beatae Naglis, S. flaviatus Naglis, S. maculipennis Bickel, S. naranjensis Bickel and S. parkeri Bickel. A key to the males, high resolution photographs and distribution map of the nine Colombian species are provided.