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Issue: Vol. 570 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.570.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 30
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A new species of Brachypogon (Isohelea) from arid zones of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Ceratopogonidae Brachypogon (Isohelea) new species Argentina

Abstract

Brachypogon (Isohelea) borkenti, n. sp. from steppe areas of the Argentinean provinces of Mendoza and R o Negro is described and illustrated from male and female specimens collected by sweep net and Malaise trap. The species is compared with its congener B. hugoi Spinelli & Grogan, and a key to females and males of the six Neotropical species of the subgenus is included

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