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Issue: Vol. 3489 No. 1: 19 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.2
Page range: 25–44
Abstract views: 38
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The genus Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species

Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Puddemin 6, D-18574 Poseritz, Germany
Diptera Sciaridae Bradysia key new species Australasian region New Caledonia

Abstract

The following species of the genus Bradysia Winnertz, 1867 are recognized from New Caledonia, all newly described: Bradysia aequispina sp. n., B. centidens sp. n., B. clavistylis sp. n., B. filigera sp. n., B. gemellata sp. n., B. gibbosa sp. n., B. melina sp. n., B. nudilobata sp. n., B. paucidens sp. n., B. planistylata sp. n., B. seticornis sp. n., B. spissa sp. n. and B. stricta sp. n. A key to the species is given.

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