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Issue: Vol. 1114 No. 1: 27 Jan. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1114.1.2
Page range: 53-59
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 5

First record of Syntormon from Singapore with the description of a new species (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae)

Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Diptera Syntormon new species Southeast Asia Singapore rain forest

Abstract

The genus Syntormon is recorded for the first time from Singapore. Syntormon singaporensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated.

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