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Issue: Vol. 658 No. 1: 29 Sept. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.658.1.1
Page range: 1–5
Abstract views: 46
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Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)

Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, CEP:20940-040, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brazil
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazaré, 481 CEP: 04263-000, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP
Diptera Hyperalonia morio morio Anthracinae Bombyliidae pupa morphology

Abstract

The pupa of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 is redescribed and illustrated. Rubrica nasuta (Christ, 1791) is confirmed as the only known host for H. m. morio.

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