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Issue: Vol. 1351 No. 1: 6 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1351.1.7
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 33

Ptychopteridae -a family of flies (Diptera) new to the Neotropical Region and description of a new species

Hunterian Museum (Zoology), Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
Departmento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080, Alicante, Spain
National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK
Diptera Ptychopteridae new species biogeography

Abstract

A new species of Ptychoptera Meigen (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) is described from cloud forest in southern Mexico, representing the first definitive record of the family in the Neotropical Region.

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