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Issue: Vol. 1006 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1006.1.3
Page range: 23–32
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Brazil

Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Diptera Heterostylum H. evenhuisi n.sp. H. maculipennis n.sp. Bombyliidae taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Heterostylum Macquart (H. evenhuisi n.sp. and H. maculipennis n.sp.) from Brazil, are described and illustrated, and a key to Brazilian species is also included.

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