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Published: 2017-08-17
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New species and records of Corydalidae (Insecta: Megaloptera) from Myanmar

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Municipal Museum Marianske Lazne, Goethovo namesti 11, CZ–35301 Marianske Lazne, The Czech Republic.
Megaloptera Corydalinae Chauliodinae Protohermes taxonomy Burma

Abstract

Seven species of the family Corydalidae (Insecta: Megaloptera) are newly recorded from Myanmar, including a new species of the dobsonfly genus Protohermes van der Weele, 1907, P. burmanus sp. nov. A total of 18 species of Megaloptera are now known from Myanmar.

 

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