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The classification of the Tabanidae had remained stable over the last 60 years after Mackerras proposed a great revolution in the arrangement of the family. Recently, some new proposals based on molecular data have once again changed the classification of the family, mainly with a focus on the tribe Scionini. The present paper introduces a critical analysis based on the taxonomical view of the recent proposed classification of Scionini. Three genera are discussed: Lepmia Fairchild, Parosca Enderlein, and Pseudoscione Lutz. Lepmia atra (Philippi), L. grisea (Jaennicke), and L. leucothorax (Ricardo) are transferred to a new genus, Sixtomyiagen.n., based on its morphological differences from Lepmia. Other three species receive a new combination: Parosca subulipalpis (Enderlein) n. comb., Pseudoscione albifrons (Macquart) n. comb., Ps. hibernus (Wilkerson & Coscarón) n. comb. A key to species of Sixtomyia is provided and diagnostic characters are illustrated.
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Special thanks to Robert Pivar for the revision of the manuscript. We thanks the anonymous reviewers that undoubtedly contributed to the improvement of the work.
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TKK thanks to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for the fellowship to first author (process number 156156/2010-5) and the financial support from “Programa Institucional de Produtividade em Pesquisa da UFT,” process no. 001/2017. SSN thanks the financial support from FAPESP (2015/10788-0) and CNPq (403165/2016-4, 303615/2015-2).
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Krolow, T.K., Henriques, A.L., González, C.R. et al. Comments on the Classification of Neotropical Scionini (Tabanidae) with a Description of a New Genus. Neotrop Entomol 49, 412–419 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-020-00767-w
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