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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 5: 16 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.9
Page range: 594-600
Abstract views: 103
PDF downloaded: 8

New records of Pseudopomyzidae in Brazil and description of the male of Latheticomyia infumata Wheeler (Diptera: Brachycera)

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Av. André Araújo; 2936; Petrópolis; CEP 69067-375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Av. André Araújo; 2936; Petrópolis; CEP 69067-375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Diptera Taxonomy Nerioidea Neotropical Region Latheticomyia Pseudopomyzella flava

Abstract

Latheticomyia Wheeler is recorded for the first time from Brazil, with records of Latheticomyia infumata Wheeler and Latheticomyia longiterebra Hennig. The male of L. infumata is described and the terminalia are illustrated. New records of Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig for the Brazilian Amazon are presented.

 

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