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Issue: Vol. 4132 No. 4: 1 Jul. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.12
Page range: 594–597
Abstract views: 61
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A new species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir from Australia (Diptera: Thaumaleidae)

The University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive, Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, USA.
The University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive, Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, USA.
Canadian National Collection of Insects and Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6.
Diptera taxonomy diversity madicolous seepage midge Grampians

Abstract

Austrothaumalea spiculata sp. nov. is described from Grampians National Park, in southwest Victoria (Australia). It is known only from the type series and is the second species of Thaumaleidae recorded from the Park. Illustrations of the male terminalia, as well as a distribution map, are provided. Phylogenetic affinities are hypothesized and an updated species identification key is offered.

 

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