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Issue: Vol. 1267 No. 1: 20 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1267.1.2
Page range: 49–57
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Leptogaster Meigen (Diptera, Asilidae) from Turkey with egg and spermatheca structure

Gazi University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey
Gazi University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey
Gazi University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey
Diptera Asilidae Leptogaster new species Turkey egg spermatheca structure SEM

Abstract

Leptogaster suleymani n. sp. from South East of Turkey is described. Drawings of the male genitalia and the female spermatheca of this new species and the morphologically similar L. fumipennis Loew are given. Also, scanning electron micrographs of the spermatheca and eggs of this new species compared with L. fumipennis are given.

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