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Issue: Vol. 3900 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.10
Page range: 141–149
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

The discovery of a second species of Mallophthiria Edwards (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae) from Chile

Instituto de Biociências, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, nº 321, Cidade Universitária, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq), fellow
bee flies new species Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

The Neotropical genus Mallophthiria Edwards is restricted to Chile (Concepción and Choapa) and comprises M. lanata Edwards, 1930 and M. elguetai sp. nov. The new species is described and illustrations of the external morphology of adults and male and female terminalia are also included.