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Issue: Vol. 1087 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1087.1.2
Page range: 33–38
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

Basilia quadrosae sp. nov. (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), member of the ferruginea group, from Southern Brazil

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia. Cidade Universitária s/n, Cidade Universitária 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil. Caixa-Postal: 549
Núcleo de Pesquisas Ambientais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Caixa Postal 3010, 85.510-090 Guarapuava, Paraná, Brasil
Diptera bat fly Brazil Cardoso Island Eptesicus taxonomy

Abstract

Basilia quadrosae sp. nov., belonging to the ferruginea group, is described from Southern Brazil. Characters justifying the new species include the lateral connexivum of the female abdomen with long pustulate setae and female genital plate divided into three sclerites. Host associations of the new species and a closely related species, Basilia ortizi Machado-Allison, are discussed.

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