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Issue: Vol. 1443 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1443.1.3
Page range: 29–35
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 13

Notes on South American Dasyomma, with the description of a remarkable new species from Chile (Diptera: Athericidae)

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution NHB-168, P O Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Diptera Athericidae Dasyomma new species Chile Bolivia

Abstract

A new species of Dasyomma Macquart, D. chrysopilum sp. nov., is described from Chile (Malleco and Ñuble Provinces). This species differs from all other known species in having dense golden pilosity on the abdominal tergites of both sexes. Dasyomma basale Malloch is redescribed, with the female described for the first time.

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