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Issue: Vol. 1899 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1899.1.6
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

Six new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from mainland Australia

Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
Diptera Phoridae Megaselia new species mainland Australia check list

Abstract

Megaselia alisamorum sp. nov., M. digiturgida sp. nov., maculafemoralis sp. nov., necscabra sp. nov., M. quattuorbrevis sp. nov. and M. tweedensis sp. nov. are described from Tweed Heads, New South Wales. A checklist of species of Phoridae reported from mainland Australia is provided.

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