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Published: 2022-03-28
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Unusual sexually dimorphic head morphology in Lauxaniidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea)—a new species of the genus Trivialia Malloch from Peru

California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832-1448, USA.
Graduate Program in Entomology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Av. Andr Araújo, Petrópolis, 2936, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Diptera sexual dimorphism new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the New World genus Trivialia Malloch from Peru is described and illustrated, along with discussion of unusual head morphology in Lauxaniidae. This new species represents an odd case where only a single known species in an otherwise non-dimorphic genus displays extreme sexual dimorphism.

 

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