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Issue: Vol. 4329 No. 5: 9 Oct. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.7
Page range: 497–500
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First record of Psilacrum Becker 1912 (Chloropidae, Diptera) from Brazil, with the description of a new species

Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Bandeirantes, 3900. 14040-901. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK
Diptera Chloropidae Oscinellinae taxonomy diversity Neotropics

Abstract

Psilacrum Becker was recorded from the Neotropical Region by Wheeler (2010) based on Oscinoides annulicrus (Duda, 1933) described from Costa Rica with a further five to six species from the Region (Wheeler, 2010). Here we describe a new species from Brazil.

 

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