The genus Epidapus Haliday (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of four new species

PEKKA VILKAMAA; HEIKKI HIPPA; WERNER MOHRIG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.3.6

Issue: Vol. 3900 No. 3: 23 Dec. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-12-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.3.6

Page range: 429–436

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**The genus Epidapus Haliday (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of four new species**

PEKKA VILKAMAA⁺⁻
HEIKKI HIPPA⁺⁻
WERNER MOHRIG⁺⁻

Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.

Gribbylunds allé 2, SE-183 65 Täby, Sweden

Gribbylunds allé 2, SE-183 65 Täby, Sweden.

Sciaroidea Australasian region biodiversity systematics

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Abstract

The following species of the genus Epidapus Haliday, 1851 are recognized from New Caledonia: Epidapus (s. str.) aciculatus sp. n., E. (Pseudoaptanogyna) angulatus sp. n., E. (s. str.) formosus sp. n., E. (Zuhalia) primus Mohrig, 2004 and E. (s. str.) triquetrus sp. n. The new species are described, and a key to the local species is given.