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New species of Isoneuromyia Brunetti (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Oriental Region

J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, USA
Diptera Keroplatidae Isoneuromyia taxonomy Borneo Sulawesi Laos Vietnam Malaysia

Abstract

Thirteen new species of the keroplatid genus Isoneuromyia Brunetti from the Oriental Region are described and illustrated. These include the following: I. brunettii, n. sp. (Laos); I. flava, n. sp. (Borneo); I. glabra, n. sp. (Laos); I. jata, n. sp. (Borneo); I. matilei, n. sp. (Borneo); I. nigerrima, n. sp. (Laos); I. nigribasis, n. sp. (Laos); I. pallidopsis, n. sp. (Sulawesi); I. splendida, n. sp. (Laos); I. subapicalis, n. sp. (Laos); I. tannia, n. sp. (Borneo); I. variabilis, n. sp. (Laos); I. yorki, n. sp. (Vietnam). The Taiwanese I. annandalei formosana (Okada) is here raised to full species, n. stat. The Sri Lankan species Orfelia (Isoneuromyia) ventosa Sivec & Plassmann is transferred to Neoplatyura. A key to Oriental species is given.

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