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Issue: Vol. 2906 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2906.1.4
Page range: 61–65
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Australian species of Chasmia Enderlein (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini), a genus newly recorded from Australia

University Insect Collection, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072 Australia
Diptera Tabanidae Diachlorini Chasmia taxonomy march fly

Abstract

A new species of horse fly, Chasmia queenslandensis sp. n., the first representative of the genus from Australia, is described from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. A key to the Australian diachlorine genera is presented.

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