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Issue: Vol. 1351 No. 1: 6 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1351.1.6
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 88
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First record of the frog parasite genus Batrachomyia Krefft from New Guinea (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Pacific Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 968127-2704, USA
Diptera Chloropidae Batrachomyia frogs Ranidae systematics Papua New Guinea

Abstract

A new species of Batrachomyia, B. krausi, n. sp., from Oya Tabu, Fergusson Island off the southeastern coast of Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. It marks the first record of this genus of frog parasites outside of Australia. The larva of B. krausi was found parasitizing the frog Rana supragrisea, the first record of the fly genus from the frog family Ranidae. The biology of this species is summarized and a table of known hosts for the genus is given.

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