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Issue: Vol. 14: 26 Nov. 2001
Type: Article
Published: 2001-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zotaxa.14.1.1
Page range: 1–11
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 6

Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae) from the island of Sokotra

Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY, U.K.
J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA
Diptera Bombyliidae Mythicomyiidae Sokotra Empidideicus Phthiria taxonomy

Abstract

Previous records of Bombyliidae from the islands of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri are summarised. Recently collected specimens are identified. The family Mythicomyiidae is recorded from Sokotra for the first time and two species of Empidideicus, E. socotrae and E. variegatus, are described as new; the Phthiria sp. previously reported from Sokotra is described as P. socotrae. There are now a total of 16 named species of Bombylioidea identified from the islands, of which 12 are believed to be endemic.

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