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Published: 2023-03-16
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Two new species of crane fly (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Tasmania, Australia

1Department of Ecology, Environment & Evolution, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia.
2Australian Museum, Entomology, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
3Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Diptera DNA barcoding Gynoplistia Molophilus new species

Abstract

Two new species of Australian crane fly are described, illustrated and with COI sequences included: Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) lutruwita Billingham & Theischinger sp. nov., and Molophilus (Molophilus) serricauda Billingham & Theischinger sp. nov., both from the Huon Valley region of southern Tasmania. Their affinities with other known Australian species are discussed.

 

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