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Published: 2011-02-22
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The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of five new species

Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Puddemin 6, D-18574 Poseritz, Germany
Diptera Sciaridae Keilbachia new species New Caledonia Australasia

Abstract

Five new species of Keilbachia Mohrig are described: Keilbachia adstricta, K. constricta, K. cracens, K. fratercula and K. truncata. The species are the first sciarids recognized from New Caledonia and are similar in structure to the New Guinean K. indigena Mohrig and the Indomalayan K. adunca Hippa & Vilkamaa. A key to the Australasian species of Keilbachia is provided.

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