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Issue: Vol. 4732 No. 2: 12 Feb. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.6
Page range: 317–322
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of Australopericoma Vaillant (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
Diptera Brazil moth flies biodiversity taxonomy

Abstract

Two new moth fly species, Australopericoma onofrei sp. nov. and Australopericoma xavierae sp. nov., are described from the Atlantic Rainforest in the state of Bahia, Brazil. A new record of Australopericoma dissimilis Bravo from the state of Sergipe, Brazil and an updated species list are also provided.

 

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