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Issue: Vol. 2540 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2540.1.2
Page range: 48–58
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of Neodischistus Painter, 1933 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae)

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), fellow
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481 Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Diptera Neodischistus currani Neodischistus collaris Neodischistus marstoni sp. nov. Neotropical taxonomy beeflies

Abstract

The Neotropical genus Neodischistus Painter has a distribution restricted to South (Brazil and Argentina) and Central America (Panama). The genus is composed of two previously described species that are herein revised: N. currani Painter and N. collaris Painter. One new Brazilian species is described: N. marstoni sp. nov. Illustrations of the external morphology of adults and male and female terminalia are also included. An identification key to the species is presented and a short discussion about species distributions is added.

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