A new species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae) from the Colombian Andean-Amazon cloud forest, and an updated key to males of South American species

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany, Córdoba-Suarez, Eric, Gamboa, Jean (2026): A new species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae) from the Colombian Andean-Amazon cloud forest, and an updated key to males of South American species. ZooKeys 1278: 215-224, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1278.188430AbstractAsymphyloptera is distributed in the Australasian region and the New World. A new species of Asymphyloptera Collin is described from the Colombian Andean-Amazon cloud forest, namely Asymphyloptera andinoamazonica Ramos-Pastrana & Córdoba-Suarez, sp. nov. (type locality: Vereda Sucre, Florencia, Caquetá). New records for Asymphyloptera miraflorensis and A. tama, previously known only from their type locality (Huila, Garzón), are reported further south in Colombia (Caquetá, Florencia). Illustrations of the new species, an updated key for South American species and a distribution map for Colombian species are presented.