Dixella peruviana ( Edwards, 1931 )

Corrêa, Caio Cezar Dias & Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo Henrique, 2024, Dixella woodi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 (Diptera, Dixidae): Description of the female and a new record from Peru, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240036) 68 (3), pp. 1-7 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0036
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scientific name	Dixella peruviana ( Edwards, 1931 )
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Dixella peruviana ( Edwards, 1931) View in CoL ( Figs. 5A–D View Figure 5 )

Diagnosis. Adults have wing vein R 2+3 bifurcation origin relatively basal to M 1+2 bifurcation origin; vein R 2+3 origin apical to crossvein r-m origin; thorax (lateral view) with two parallel brown stripes.

Type Material. ♂ HOLOTYPE: (pinned, with abdomen on slide, NHM#010864741 About NHM ): Lima, Lima, Verrugas.

Distribution. This species is recorded only from type locality: PERU, Lima, Lima, Verrugas ( Fig. 7).

Remarks. Dixella peruviana has thorax with two parallel brown stripes, like D. andeana and D. shannoni . They can be differentiated through wing venation and male terminalia (seeD. andeana remarks).