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Published: 2007-10-29
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Two new species of European Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) and a key to the Palaearctic species

Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale – Corpo Forestale dello Stato, via Carlo Ederle 16/a, I-37100 Verona, Italy
Zoological Museum, Entomology Department, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Diptera Rhinophoridae Stevenia Europe Italy new species key to species

Abstract

Two new species of Stevenia are described from Europe: Stevenia etrusca sp. nov. (Italian mainland: Toscana) and S. palermitana sp. nov. (Italy: Sicily, Palermo prov.). A key to all known Palaearctic species of the genus is provided.

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