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Issue: Vol. 2264 No. 1: 14 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2264.1.5
Page range: 58–64
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of three new species of Nemapalpus (Diptera, Psychodidae, Bruchomyiinae) from Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos 1.468, 29040-090, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos 1.468, 29040-090, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Xeroshield Ltd., Wallace Building, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PP, United Kingdom
Diptera Psychodidae Bruchomyiinae Nemapalpus Atlantic Forest Espírito Santo Brazil

Abstract

Three new species of Nemapalpus were collected by CDC light traps in Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. They are described here as Nemapalpus brejetubensis, N. espiritosantensis and N. capixaba.

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