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Issue: Vol. 222 No. 1: 26 Jun. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.222.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 3

Distostylus gen. nov., a monotypic therevine genus (Diptera: Asiloidea: Therevidae) from the Caribbean Island of Dominica

Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, 16802, USA.
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
Diptera genus description species description phylogeny distribution

Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Distostylus Webb (Diptera: Therevidae), based on a new species, irwini Webb, is described from specimens collected on the Caribbean island of Dominica. An hypothesis of the placement of the new taxon is generated based on a matrix of 30 morphological characters. This genus is associated with the Lindneria genus group and shows some affinities to the amber fossil species Ambradolon grimaldii Metz & Irwin.

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