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Issue: Vol. 485 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.485.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden
University of Panama, Department of Zoology: P.O. Box 6-747, Panama 6-A, Panama
Diptera Sarcofahrtiopsis new species Panama Costa Rica mangrove semiterrestrial crabs

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall, 1933 are described: S. kuna sp. nov., which inhabits coastal mangroves along the Caribbean coast of Panama, and S. chiriqui sp. nov., which is found in the Pacific mangrove wetlands of southwestern Panama and in coastal northwestern Costa Rica. Both species have been collected from and breed in semiterrestrial crabs of the genus Cardisoma Latreille (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae). A key to species of Sarcofahrtiopsis is provided.

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