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Issue: Vol. 1017 No. 1: 12 Jul. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.2
Page range: 19–24
Abstract views: 32
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A new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil
Diptera Asilidae Ommatiinae Ommatius costatus species group new species

Abstract

Ommatius riali sp. nov. is described from the state of Bahia, Brazil. This species belongs to the Neotropical costatus group, thus increasing to seventeen the number of known species. The structures of terminalia are illustrated and described, and a new key to the Neotropical costatus species group is proposed.

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