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Issue: Vol. 1830 No. 1: 28 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1830.1.2
Page range: 21–36
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 1

New and little-known species of the genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera, Hybotidae) from Thailand

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel’skogo 3, 188620, St.Petersburg – Pushkin, Russia
Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Diptera Hybotidae Tachydromia new species Thailand Orient

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Tachydromia Meigen are described from Thailand: T. doi sp. nov., T. monocercus sp. nov., T. ocellata sp. nov., T. phanensis sp. nov., T. phu sp. nov., T. tigeri sp. nov. A new species group within Tachydromia is distinguished and an updated key to the genus from the Oriental Realm is provided.

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