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Issue: Vol. 4084 No. 2: 25 Feb. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.3
Page range: 218–232
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 3

Neoplasta Coquillett (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) from Brazil:
new species and male description of N. fortiseta Smith

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Diptera Empidoidea Hemerodromiini distribution Neotropical Region taxonomy

Abstract

Neoplasta Coquillett is distributed in the New World. The male of N. fortiseta Smith and five new species collected in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and São Paulo (N. lobata sp. nov., N. longicornis sp. nov., N. macdonaldi sp. nov., N. nigrithorax sp. nov., and N. spinulosa sp. nov.), are described and illustrated. A key to Brazilian species is provided.

 

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