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Issue: Vol. 2797 No. 1: 22 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2797.1.5
Page range: 54–56
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Phycodes from China (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea: Brachodidae)

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Melbourne/Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, P.R. China
Zoological Laboratories, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502 Japan
Lepidoptera Sesioidea Brachodidae

Abstract

Brachodidae are a small family of fewer than 140 described species that are distributed worldwide except in North America. They reach their greatest diversity in the tropical regions of Asia and South America; however, many species occur in the Palaearctic region and in Australia, but these are restricted to a small number of genera. More than 40 species are known from the Oriental region and many more await description (Kallies 1998, 2000, 2004).

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