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Issue: Vol. 4169 No. 3: 21 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.3.5
Page range: 504–514
Abstract views: 92
PDF downloaded: 2

The uncommon Neotropical genus Pazius Navás, 1913 (Mecoptera: Bittacidae): a comprehensive synthesis, with description of a new Brazilian species

Centro de Coleções Taxonômicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil.
Mecoptera Amazon Basin hangingflies key Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

After a gap of more than twenty years, only recently the uncommon Neotropical genus Pazius Navás, 1913 has been focus of scientific researches, with the description of two new species from Colombia. Here all the knowledge about the genus is synthetized, with an identification key to all species, including comprehensive illustrations of male's terminalia and the description of Pazius angaibara sp. nov. from Northern Brazil. Also, a geographic records map of the genus is included.

 

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