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Issue: Vol. 1916 No. 1: 27 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1916.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of two new species of Tonnoira Enderlein from caves in the Brazilian Amazon and comments about the taxonomic status of Tonnoira plumaria Quate (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae)

Diptera Psychodidae Tonnoira new species new combination Brazil

Abstract

Two new species of Tonnoira Enderlein from Brazil, T. distincta sp. nov., and T. robusta sp. nov., are described an illustrated. Tonnoira plumaria Quate is transferred to the genus Platyplastinx Enderlein.

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