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Issue: Vol. 2821 No. 1: 15 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2821.1.6
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Vitilevumyia, an enigmatic new genus of Stratiomyidae from Fiji (Diptera)

Systematic Entomology Laboratory–PSI–ARS–USDA ℅ Smithsonian Institution NHB–168 P O Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013–7012, USA
Diptera Stratiomyidae Vitilevumyia new genus new species Viti Levu Fiji

Abstract

A new genus and species of Stratiomyidae (Diptera), Vitilevumyia bobwoodleyi gen. et sp. nov. is described from the island of Viti Levu, Fiji. It exhibits an unusual combination of character states, but is tentatively placed in the tribe Prosopochrysini of the subfamily Stratiomyinae.

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