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Issue: Vol. 1622 No. 1: 26 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1622.1.2
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 25
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New species and records of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Oriental region

Heikki Hippa, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm Sweden
Pekka Vilkamaa, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, PO Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Diptera Sciaridae Keilbachia new species Oriental region

Abstract

The following new species are described: Keilbachia adunca (Brunei), K. ancylonema (Malaysia, Selangor and Myanmar, Kambaiti), K. camptonema (Malaysia, Selangor), K. clinata (Malaysia, Sabah), K. mirabilis (Malaysia, Selangor and Pahang), and K. orthonema (Malaysia, Sabah). K. curvispina (Edwards), comb. nov., from Sumatra, is redescribed and a lectotype is designated. K. acerspina Mohrig, previously known from Nepal, is recorded from Myanmar, Kambaiti.

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