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Issue: Vol. 1167 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1167.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 3

Recharacterization of Rhynchoheterotricha Freeman (Diptera, Sciaroidea), with description of R. chandleri sp. n. from South Africa

Heikki Hippa, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden
Pekka Vilkamaa, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, PO Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Diptera Rhynchoheterotricha Sciaroidea new species morphology

Abstract

Rhynchoheterotricha chandleri sp. n. is described from South Africa. It differs from the earlier known R. stuckenbergae Freeman by having a setose wing membrane and a proboscis that is only about half the height of the head rather than about three times as long as the head. Through a detailed morphological analysis, the genus is recharacterized. The previously unknown female morphology is presented.

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