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Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-06
Page range: 282–288
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PDF downloaded: 2

New genus and species of Neotropical robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae)

Departamento de Zoología, Casilla 160 C, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CBIO – Coordenação de Biodiversidade, CEP 69060-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Bolsista PNPD-CNPq.
Brachycera distribution Papaverellus aureocingulatus new genus & species taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus and species of Papaverellus aureocingulatus from Brazil, belonging to the asilid subfamily, is described and illustrated. Photographs of the habitus of the male and female in lateral view, and male terminalia in ventral view are provided. The systematic position of Papaverellus gen. nov. is suggested and will be addressed in a future paper.