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Issue: Vol. 2273 No. 1: 27 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2273.1.2
Page range: 49–58
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 18

Four distinctive new Neotropical species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) with patterned-wings

Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
Diptera Phoridae Coniceromyia Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

Four new species of patterned-wing Coniceromyia are described: C. browni, C. sakaii, and C. valdesi from Colombia, and C. hoggi from Costa Rica.

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