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Issue: Vol. 2344 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2344.1.4
Page range: 39–51
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821, normus species-group (Diptera, Asilidae): description of two new species and comments on Brazilian species

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN - Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Campus II, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina S/N, Bairro Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, CPEN - Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Campus II, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera Ommatiinae new records distribution Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

Six currently recognized species and two new species are included in the Ommatius normus species-group: Ommatius castroi sp. nov. (Brazil – Amapá State); Ommatius trifidus sp. nov. (Brazil – Bahia State, Pará State); Ommatius nebulosus Scarbrough, 2008; Ommatius neotropicus Curran, 1928; Ommatius normus Curran, 1928; Ommatius pulcher (Engel, 1885); Ommatius ruficaudus Curran, 1928; and Ommatius tepui Scarbrough, 2008. A revised key to the normus species-group and new geographical records are provided.

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