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Issue: Vol. 1817 No. 1: 7 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1817.1.6
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the monotypic genus Idiopyrgota Aczel (Diptera, Pyrgotidae)

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brasil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia). Instituto de Biociências Universidade de São Paulo
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brasil Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), fellowship
Diptera Tephritoidea Pyrgotinae Pyrgotini scarabaeid beetles parasite

Abstract

Aczél established the genus Idiopyrgota to place a single species, I. setiventris, based on an analysis of eight females from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The species is redescribed on the basis of new available material from the type locality as well as one female specimen from Jujuy, Argentina (this is the first record of this species in this area). Adult anatomical structures are described and illustrated in detail, including information of the previously unknown male and female spermathecae. This study provides better grounds for the recognition of the taxon.

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