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Issue: Vol. 5336 No. 3: 23 Aug. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.11
Page range: 447-450
Abstract views: 197
PDF downloaded: 12

A new mycophagous gall midge, Miombomyia brevicollis gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Micromyinae), from the Caprivi Strip of northeastern Namibia

Station Linné; Ölands Skogsby 161; 38693 Färjestaden; Sweden
Diptera Miombo Brachystegia Julbernardia Angola Zambia Tanzania Zimbabwe Mozambique Namibia Cecidomyiidae Miombomyia brevicollis Micromyinae: amediini Amedia Amediella Eltxo Catochini Strobliellini Micromyidi M. brevicollis National Museum of South africa BMSa Miombomyia flagellomeres sensilla gonocoxal ventral bridge medial vein Catotrichinae basal transverse vein CuA thoracic sclerites pronotum Bemba phylogenetic Sciaroidea incertae sedis Heterotricha

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