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Issue: Vol. 3525 No. 1: 24 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3525.1.4
Page range: 51–64
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with the description of ten new species from Sri Lanka

Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstreet 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Diptera Dolichopodidae Griphophanes review new species Sri Lanka Oriental Region

Abstract

The genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels is reviewed. Ten species are described from Sri Lanka: G. chaetifemoratus sp. nov., G. conversus sp. nov., G. gigantus sp. nov, G. longicornis sp. nov., G. magnus sp. nov., G. minimus sp. nov., G. minutulus sp. nov., G. seriatus sp. nov., G. simplex sp. nov., and G. spinosus sp. nov. Definitions of species groups are proposed and a key to the Oriental species is provided.

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