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Issue: Vol. 3164 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3164.1.7
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Nemapalpus Macquart (Diptera, Psychodidae, Bruchomyiinae) from caverns in Minas Gerais State in southeastern Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina s/n, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Parasitologia, Campus JK, Rodovia MGT 367, Km 583, 5000, Alto da Jacuba, 39100-000, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
Diptera taxonomy Neotropical region Diamantina species list

Abstract

A new species of Nemapalpus Macquart collected in caverns in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, is described and named Nemapalpus spinosus sp. nov. A current list of the western hemisphere species of the genus is provided.

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