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Published: 2011-04-26
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Description of a new species of Macronychia Rondani (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae), with a key to the New World species of the genus

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán” Departamento Vectores. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 563, 1281
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán” Departamento Vectores. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 563, 1281
Diptera Sarcophagidae Miltogramminae

Abstract

The Miltogramminae of the Neotropical Region are low in species diversity, with no endemic genera (Pape 1996). However, the actual number of Neotropical species in this subfamily is expected to be higher according to the few comprehensive taxonomic revisions (e.g., Pape 1987a, 1989).

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