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Issue: Vol. 5311 No. 4: 3 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.4.3
Page range: 557-567
Abstract views: 296
PDF downloaded: 38

Two new Nearctic carnid flies of the genus Meoneura Rondani (Diptera: Carnidae)

Roter Weg 22; 26789 Leer; Germany
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics; University of Guelph; Guelph; Ontario; Canada
Diptera Canada British Columbia uSa Montana new species dNa barcoding

Abstract

Meoneura pacifica spec. nov. (USA: Montana) and Meoneura tyrionlannisteri spec. nov. (Canada: British Columbia, USA: Montana) are described, and their DNA barcode provided.

 

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