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Issue: Vol. 2306 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2306.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the genus Atrichobrunettia Satchell in Mexico, with the description of a new species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae)

Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal. Km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, C. P. 91070, México
Diptera Mormiini Brunettina Polibrunettia Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

Genus Atrichobrunettia Satchell is represented in the Americas by 14 described species, 13 from Brazil, and one from Costa Rica. Atrichobrunettia xalapaensis sp. nov. is described based on male and female characteristics and constitutes the first record of this genus in Mexico. This species belongs to subgenus A. (Polibrunettia) Bravo, but is easily distinguished from other described species of Polibrunettia by the form of the parameres and aedeagus in the male.

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