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Issue: Vol. 1497 No. 1: 4 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1497.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 4

A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto – Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP. Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazaré, 481. 04263-000, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fellow
Diptera Limoniidae Tipulidae taxonomy nomenclature scientific collections

Abstract

Following a recommendation of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a catalogue of the type-specimens of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) held in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil (MZSP), is provided, with information on 118 types (including 72 primary types) of 89 Neotropical (mostly Brazilian) taxa of the families Limoniidae and Tipulidae.

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