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Issue: Vol. 4387 No. 3: 28 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6
Page range: 511–523
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 37

New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica

Diptera Unit, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CANADA
Diptera Unit, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CANADA
Diptera Empidoidea Dolichopodidae Parathalassiinae Chimerothalassius Neotropical Montserrat Dominica Costa Rica Caribbean new species

Abstract

Chimerothalassius runyoni sp. nov. is described from rocky coastlines of Montserrat and Dominica, and the genus is newly recorded from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, based on female specimens of an undescribed species.

 

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