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Issue: Vol. 3920 No. 4: 24 Feb. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.4.8
Page range: 586–592
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of the genus Pygophora Schiner from Laos (Diptera: Muscidae) 

Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka City 819–0395, JAPAN.
Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka City 819–0395, JAPAN.
Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Vientiane 7322, Lao PDR.
Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka City 819–0395, JAPAN.
Coenosiinae Coenosiini distributional record morphology Oriental region

Abstract

Two species of the genus Pygophora Schiner are recognized from Laos. This is the first time the genus is recorded to the country. A new species, Pygophora laoensis sp. nov., is described and P. immaculipennis Frey is newly recorded. Male and female terminalia of both species are illustrated.