Five new species of Drosophila guarani group from the Andes of southern Ecuador (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

Resumen

Five species of the genus <i>Drosophila</i> are described and illustrated: <i>D.zamorana</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>D.quinarensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>D.sachapuyu</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>D.caxarumi</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, and <i>D.misi</i> <b>sp. n.</b> from the cloud forests of the Podocarpus National Park, in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Flies were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. All the species were found to belong to the <i>Drosophilaguarani</i> species-group.