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2024-08-28

First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia

Primer registro de Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) en Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651

Palabras clave:

Flower flies, Hover flies, Tropical dry forest, Geographic record, Neotropics (en)
Moscas de las flores, Moscas cernícalo, Bosque seco tropical, Neotropico, registro geografico (es)

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Syrphidae has 6,700 described species worldwide, distributed in 290 genera. Nausigaster Williston is a genus of flower flies endemic to the New World. Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend is currently known from Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela. Here we report N. meridionalis from Colombia based on a female collected with a Malaise trap in a tropical dry forest in the Ecoreserva La Tribuna at an altitude of 481 m above sea level. This finding is the first record of a Nausigaster species from Colombia with accurate geographical data, contributing to the knowledge of the distribution of flower flies in the Neotropics and the Colombian Andean region.

Syrphidae cuenta con 6700 especies descritas en todo el mundo, distribuidas en 290 géneros. Nausigaster Williston es un género de moscas de las flores endémico del Nuevo Mundo. Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend se conoce actualmente de Brasil, México y Venezuela. Aquí se reporta N. meridionalis para Colombia con base en una hembra colectada con trampa malaise en un bosque seco tropical en la Ecoreserva La Tribuna a una altitud de 481 m s.n.m. Este hallazgo es el primer registro de una especie de Nausigaster de Colombia con datos geográficos precisos, contribuyendo al conocimiento de la distribución de las moscas de las flores en el Neotrópico y región Andina colombiana.

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Parada-Marin, H. M., Mengual, X. y Ramos-Pastrana, Y. (2024). First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia . Caldasia, 46(3). https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651

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Parada-Marin, H.M., Mengual, X. y Ramos-Pastrana, Y. 2024. First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia . Caldasia. 46, 3 (may 2024). DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651.

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PARADA-MARIN, H. M.; MENGUAL, X.; RAMOS-PASTRANA, Y. First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia . Caldasia, [S. l.], v. 46, n. 3, 2024. DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/112651. Acesso em: 27 sep. 2024.

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Parada-Marin, Henry Mauricio, Ximo Mengual, y Yardany Ramos-Pastrana. 2024. «First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia ». Caldasia 46 (3). https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651.

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H. M. Parada-Marin, X. Mengual, y Y. Ramos-Pastrana, «First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia », Caldasia, vol. 46, n.º 3, may 2024.

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Parada-Marin, H. M., X. Mengual, y Y. Ramos-Pastrana. «First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia ». Caldasia, vol. 46, n.º 3, mayo de 2024, doi:10.15446/caldasia.v46n3.112651.

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Parada-Marin, Henry Mauricio, Ximo Mengual, y Yardany Ramos-Pastrana. «First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia ». Caldasia 46, no. 3 (mayo 10, 2024). Accedido septiembre 27, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/112651.

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Parada-Marin HM, Mengual X, Ramos-Pastrana Y. First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia . Caldasia [Internet]. 10 de mayo de 2024 [citado 27 de septiembre de 2024];46(3). Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/112651

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