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Issue: Vol. 2366 No. 1: 23 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2366.1.3
Page range: 46–54
Abstract views: 60
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Ommatomyia, a new genus from Vietnam (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae)

Visiting Scholar, Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. 85721 USA
Collaborator Scientific, Gembloux Agrio-Bio Technology, Department of Entomology, University of Liege, Belgium
Diptera Asilidae new genus new species Oriental region Taxonomy

Abstract

Ommatomyia gen. nov. and O. cera sp. nov. (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae) from South-Central Vietnam are described and figured. This new genus is allied to Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821 but is distinguished by the threesegmented, mostly bare stylus, bilateral plume of unusually short setae on the apical segment, and the basal tarsomere of the hind tarsus is as long as the apical four tarsomeres combined. A revised key to the Oriental genera is included.

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