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Issue: Vol. 4111 No. 1: 12 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 59
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Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae) of Israel, with description of a new species, new records and an identification key

The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 Israel and School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa.
Diptera Phoridae Metopina Middle East scuttle flies new records new species identification key

Abstract

Metopina kuslitzkyi sp. n. with a rudimentary anterior flap on tergite 5 in female is described from Israel. Four other species, the Palaearctic Metopina braueri, M. pileata, M. ulrichi and Afrotropical M. obsoleta, have been recorded from Israel for the first time, in addition to the previously known M. heselhausi. An illustrated identification key to the Israeli species of Metopina is provided.

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