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Issue: Vol. 540 No. 1: 18 Jun. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.540.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 40
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A new genus and species of Sciomyzidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region

Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica (INBio), Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
Salita degli Albito, 29, 04024, Gaeta (LT), Italy
Diptera Sciomyzinae Sciomyzini Neotropical

Abstract

A new genus, Neuzina, is described from specimens collected in Brazil (Par ), Venezuela (Guarico) and Costa Rica (Guanacaste). The species Neuzina diminuta is described as the type species of the genus and based on the presence of the proepisternal seta and characters of male and female genitalia the genus is placed in the subfamily Sciomyzinae, tribe Sciomyzini.

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