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Published: 2020-03-09
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Chvalaea yolkamini sp. nov. (Diptera: Hybotidae), the first Mexican species of genus discovered on Instagram

Maestría en Ciencias, Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecologýa, A. C. (INECOL), Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Insectos con Interés Médico y Veterinario. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, C. P. 91070, Veracruz, México.
Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Graduate Program in Entomology (PPG-Ent), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Diptera Empidoidea dance flies Ocydromiinae Mexico

Abstract

A new species of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári, 2002 is discovered after a photo on a social network and later collected in nature. Chvalaea yolkamini sp. nov. is described and illustrated here. In addition, for the first time we describe eggs with scanning electron microscopy and report on adult hunting behavior.

 

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