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Issue: Vol. 2480 No. 1: 21 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2480.1.6
Page range: 61–67
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of the scorpionflies (Mecoptera) of Indochina with the description of a new species of Neopanorpa from Northern Thailand

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Mecoptera Bicaubittacus Bittacus Burma distribution records Laos Malaysia Vietnam

Abstract

Thirty-nine species of scorpionflies are currently known from Indochina, consisting of 34 Neopanorpa, 1 Panorpa, and one, and 1 Bicaubittacus. An additional new species from northern Thailand, Neopanorpa latiseparata, is described and illustrated, and its biology is discussed. The male of this species has a wide subquadrate separation between the hypovalves of sternum 9. Additional distribution and seasonal data for Indochinese Mecoptera are provided.

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