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Issue: Vol. 764 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.764.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 33
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Two new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Diptera Asilidae Ommatiinae Ommatius costatus species group new species

Abstract

Ommatius cinthiae sp. nov. and O. serrajiboiensis sp. nov. are described from an Atlantic Forest area in northeastern Brazil. These two species belong to the costatus species group, thus increasing the number of known species of this neotropical group to sixteen.

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