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. A key to the species of Megaspilidae occurring in Neotropical Region is given, and information on the 20 species in four genera is provided, including data on their distribution and host associations. The Megaspilidae fauna is still poorly known in the
Cleder Pezzini, Andreas Köhler
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A contribution to the genera Plectonotum Gorham and Hyponotum Wittmer, with the description of sixteen new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) [PDF]
Sixteen species of Peruvian Dysmorphocerinae (Cantharidae) are described as new (regions in parenthesis): Hyponotum macrocephalum sp. nov. (Huanuco); H. succhabamba sp. nov. (Cajamarca); Plectonotum altomayo sp. nov. (Amazonas); P. amazonas sp.
Robert Constantin
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A detailed phylogeny of bumblebees is urgently needed to understand speciation and biogeographic diversification in the Neotropical region. We sequenced autosomal and mtDNA loci from nine Brazilian bumblebee species and compiled it with the data already ...
José Eustáquio Santos Júnior +7 more
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First record of Megaselia rufipes (Meigen, 1804) (Diptera: Phoridae) from Uruguay with notes on biology [PDF]
Megaselia rufipes (Meigen, 1804) is recorded for the first time in Uruguay, extending the Neotropical distribution of this taxon. The specimens were collected in a cemetery in Montevideo with ball-traps baited with carrion, placed inside crypts, from ...
Patricia Gonzalez-Vainer +5 more
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Catalogue of Pyrgotidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) from Chile [PDF]
A catalogue of the Pyrgotidae (Diptera) from Chile is provided. All valid names are presented, comprising three species in two genera for the country.
Christian R. González +2 more
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The genus Serpinema Yeh, 1960 allocates parasitic nematodes of freshwater turtles distributed across the Oriental, Neotropical, and Palearctic regions. Five of 10 valid species of the genus Serpinema occur in the Neotropical region, and three have been ...
Leandro Mauricio Oliveira Silva +6 more
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Leptophlebiidae Banks, 1900 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Maranhão state, Brazil [PDF]
A checklist and new records of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) are presented for the Maranhão state, in Brazil’s Northeast Region. Fifteen 15 genera and 20 species of Leptophlebiidae were identified.
Stênio Raniery de Sousa Nascimento +2 more
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Phasmatocoris ecuadorensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is described from Ecuador based on a male specimen. Phasmatocoris Breddin, 1904 is recorded from Ecuador for the first time.
Hélcio R. Gil-Santana
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The diversity of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 is poorly known in the Neotropical regions. In this work we provide a taxonomic review of the genus as well as a phylogenetic analysis. The ingroup of the analysis is composed of sixteen species of Tafana and
Luiz Fernando M. De Oliveira +1 more
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From a series of biological samples collected from different freshwater environments in Costa Rica, Central America, the exotic Asian cyclopoid Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides Harada, 1931 was identified.
Eduardo Suárez-Morales +2 more
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