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Issue: Vol. 529 No. 1: 26 May. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.529.1.1
Page range: 1–18
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Nicaraguan Pipunculidae (Diptera): new records and description of new species

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera Nicaragua Pipunculidae Taxonomy

Abstract

Six hundred and ten Nicaraguan pipunculid specimens were studied. Twenty-three species and eight genera are reported and geographical distribution presented. One species, Tomosvaryella subvirescens (Loew) was previously recorded. Fifteen new distribution records and seven new species are described and illustrated: Elmohardyia nicaraguensis Rafael, Eudorylas maesi Rafael, E. platyapodemalis Rafael, E. subvexus Rafael, E. trichosubepandrialis Rafael, Dasydorylas vulcanus Rafael and Tomosvaryella crassa Ale-Rocha. Three species of Neotropical Eudorylas are transferred to the genus Dasydorylas Skevington: D. eremita (Hardy), n. comb., D. nigellus (Rafael), n. comb., and D. regalis (Curran), n. comb.

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