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Issue: Vol. 1806 No. 1: 20 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1806.1.2
Page range: 35–46
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

A taxonomic review of Neogriphoneura Malloch, 1924 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with description of three new species

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo - USP; Avenida Nazaré, 481; 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis – UNESP São Paulo State University; Av. Dom Antonio, 2100; 19.806-900 Assis, SP, Brazil
Diptera Lauxaniidae Neogriphoneura Rhabdolauxania Neotropical Region new species new combination

Abstract

The status of the Lauxaniidae genus Rhabdolauxania Hendel, 1925 is reevaluated and is synonymized under Neogriphoneura Malloch, 1924. Three new combinations, N. immaculata (Hendel, 1933), comb. nov., N. laevifrons (Hendel, 1925), comb. nov., and N. schnusei (Hendel, 1925), comb. nov. are proposed. Two lectotypes are designated. Three new species of Neogriphoneura are described: N. bispoi sp. nov., from Santa Catarina, Brazil, N. pacata sp. nov., from La Paz, Bolivia, and N. corrugata sp. nov. from British Virgin Islands. Illustrations of the head, wing, male and female terminalia are provided for the new species. This raises the number of species in the genus from the present five to eleven. A key is provided for the species of the genus.

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