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Issue: Vol. 4048 No. 4: 27 Nov. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.9
Page range: 583–593
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Review of Platyplastinx Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with descriptions of four new species 

Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana – UEFS; Avenida Transnordestina, S/N; Bairro Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil; CEP 44.036-900.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana – UEFS; Avenida Transnordestina, S/N; Bairro Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil; CEP 44.036-900.
Diptera Psychodinae Setomimini Taxonomy Neotropical region Brazil

Abstract

Platyplastinx Enderlein, with eight previously described species, is currently known to occur in the southeastern United States, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Brazil. Four new species from Brazil are described: Platyplastinx amazonensis sp. nov., P. duckhousei sp. nov., P. exiguus sp. nov. and P. hirsutus sp. nov. Platyplastinx obscurus (Bravo, Lago & Castro, 2004) comb. n. is transferred from Alepia. The generic diagnosis is updated, global species are listed, and an identification key for males of all species is provided. Thirteen species are now known, eight of which are described from Brazil.