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Issue: Vol. 2669 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2669.1.3
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 34
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Four new Neotropical species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata
Diptera Ceratopogonidae Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) new species northern Argentina Paraguay

Abstract

The subgenus Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) Kieffer is newly recorded from several provinces of northern Argentina and Paraguay, and the following four new species are described, and illustrated: S. (A.) guarani, S. (A.) monopicta, S. (A.) paranaense and S. (A.) xerophila. These species are compared with similar congeners.

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