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Issue: Vol. 4576 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.8
Page range: 151–161
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 29

Definition of the Bradysia luctifica group (Diptera, Sciaridae), with the description of five new species

Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Diptera Sciaroidea new taxa Oriental Australasian

Abstract

The Bradysia luctifica group is characterized for a number of species with an Oriental-Australasian distribution. The group includes the following species: Bradysia abrupta sp. n. (Malaysia: Pahang, Selangor), B. calicula sp. n. (Malaysia: Sabah), B. conflexa sp. n. (Malaysia: Pahang), B. fornicata sp. n. (Malaysia: Pahang), B. luctifica (Skuse, 1888) (Australia: South Australia, Indonesia: Ceram, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea), B. robusta Mohrig, 2015 (Papua New Guinea) and B. torosa sp. n. (Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago). The species are keyed and the new species are described and illustrated.

 

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