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Issue: Vol. 1136 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1136.1.3
Page range: 49–64
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera, Empididae) from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Entomologia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Diptera Empididae Macrostomus Taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species of Macrostomus Wiedemann are described and figured, namely M. alpinus (Colombia, Ecuador), M. ciliaticosta (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil), M. lineatus (Ecuador, Peru), M. occidentalis (Colombia), M. penai (Ecuador, Peru) and M. tarsalis (Ecuador).

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