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Issue: Vol. 3188 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3188.1.4
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Medetera (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) of Sri Lanka

Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Australian Museum, 6 College Street, New South Wales 2010, Australia
Diptera Dolichopodidae Medetera new species Sri Lanka

Abstract

The following five species of Medetera are described as new from Sri Lanka: M. peradeniya, M. kandyensis, M. colombensis, M. nuwarensis, M. subgrisescens. A key is provided to males of the ten known Sri Lankan species of Medetera.

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