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Issue: Vol. 1783 No. 1: 6 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1783.1.3
Page range: 31–39
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 18

Lobomyia neotropica, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA, j Smithsonian Institution NHB-168, P O Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Diptera Tachinidae Lobomyia neotropica new genus new species Neotropical Region

Abstract

A new genus and species, Lobomyia neotropica gen. nov., sp. nov., (Diptera: Tachinidae) is described from material from Colombia (type locality), Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Trinidad. The Colombian material was reared from Glena bisulca Rindge (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of introduced cypress trees. Costa Rican material was reared from several species of Lepidoptera: Notodontidae.

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