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Issue: Vol. 1676 No. 1: 9 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1676.1.2
Page range: 29–36
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the genus

Department of Zoology, University of Plovdiv, Tzar Assen 24, BG-4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Department of Biology, Science and Arts Faculty, Muôla University, 48170 Kötekli, Muðla, Turkey
Diptera Keroplatidae Urytalpa Western Palaearctic taxonomy Turkey

Abstract

Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. from southwest Asiatic Turkey is described and illustrated. Platyura maritima Becker is transferred to Urytalpa based on examination of the type specimen. A key to the Western Palaearctic species of Urytalpa is provided.

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