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Issue: Vol. 4114 No. 4: 25 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.4.8
Page range: 485–491
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 37

First record of the family Sialidae (Megaloptera) from Thailand and description of the female and putative larva of Indosialis bannaensis

Department of Biology, Missouri State University, 901 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897.
Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Depto. de Zoología, Apdo. Postal 70-153, 04510 México, D.F., México.
Megaloptera Neuropterida Austrosialis southeastern Asia biodiversity

Abstract

Indosialis bannaensis is reported from northern Thailand marking the first record of the family, genus, and species from this country. The female and the probable larva of the species are described for the first time.

 

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