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Issue: Vol. 3136 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3136.1.3
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 31

The flat-footed fly genus Seri Kessel & Kessel (Diptera: Platypezidae)

Diptera Unit, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CANADA
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CANADA
Diptera Platypezidae Platypezinae Seri Nearctic Palaearctic

Abstract

Systematic information on the rarely collected Holarctic platypezid genus Seri Kessel & Kessel is reviewed. Two species are included, S. obscuripennis (Oldenberg) from the Palaearctic Region and S. dymka (Kessel) from the Nearctic Region. The two species are diagnosed and the male of S. dymka is described for the first time. New records of S. dymka, previously recorded only from western North America, indicate that the species has a transcontinental distribution. The phylogenetic position and generic status of Seri is discussed.

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