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Issue: Vol. 3857 No. 1: 27 Aug. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.4
Page range: 101–113
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America and a key to the Nearctic species

Pacific NW Diptera Research Lab, 1460 SW Allen St., Corvallis, OR 97333, USA Affiliate Faculty of Oregon State University, OSU Arthropod Collection, Department of Zoology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario K1A OC6.
systematics taxonomy Axymyiomorpha Bibionomorpha larva

Abstract

Adult, pupal and larval stages of the western Nearctic axymyiid, Protaxymyia thuja Fitzgerald and Wood n. sp., are described. The generic placement of this taxon is discussed in the context of the world axymyiid fauna and a key to differentiate all known life stages of Nearctic axymyiids is provided.