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Issue: Vol. 1933 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1933.1.1
Page range: 1–11
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 26

Two new genera of Phoridae (Diptera) from New Zealand

Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
172 Dinsdale Road, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand
Diptera Phoridae New Zealand new genus Wharia Minicosta

Abstract

Two new genera, Wharia and Minicosta, are diagnosed and specimens of their included species, W. willcocksorum and M. mollyae, described. The relationships of both genera are unknown, although they do not belong in subfamily Metopininae. Modifications to the latest key to World phorid genera are given to allow identification of the new taxa.

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