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Issue: Vol. 2117 No. 1: 25 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2117.1.4
Page range: 43–48
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Cowanomyia hillaryi gen. et sp. n., a remarkable new gnoristine (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) from New Zealand

Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Strasse 90, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Thälmann-Ring 64, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany
Diptera Mycetophilidae Gnoristini new genus new species wing venation New Zealand

Abstract

A new genus and a new species, Cowanomyia hillaryi gen. et sp. n., of Gnoristini (Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) is described from New Zealand. A striking feature of Cowanomyia is the one-branched media in combination with the furcate anterior cubitus, which is a pattern found among Mycetophilidae only in Adicroneura. Cowanomyia and Adicroneura are evidently not closely related. The position of Cowanomyia among world Gnoristini, as presently known, remains unresolved for the time being.

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