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Issue: Vol. 2094 No. 1: 8 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2094.1.5
Page range: 42–51
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 11

New species of Metatrichia Coquillett (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from Australia and Venezuela

Entomology, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Systematic Entomology Laboratory-ARS-USDA, ℅National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P O Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Diptera Metatrichia Asiloidea Therevoid clade Scenopinidae

Abstract

Two new species of the cosmopolitan genus Metatrichia Coquillett are described. Metatrichia dhimurru sp. nov. is described from Arnhem Land (Northern Territory), Australia and represents the third species of the genus to be described from the Australasian region. Metatrichia venezuelensis sp. nov. from Venezuela is the third extant species of the genus to be described from the New World.

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