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Issue: Vol. 818 No. 1: 17 Jan. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.818.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 40
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A new species of Propebrevitrichia Kelsey (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Scenopininae) from Botswana

California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832-1448, USA
Diptera Scenopinidae Botswana Propebrevitrichia systematics

Abstract

Propebrevitrichia Kelsey is an endemic southern African genus of window-flies with distinct Gondwanan origins. Propebrevitrichia serowensis sp. n. is described and figured from Botswana.

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