Parapachycerina Stuckenberg, a genus of small, usually yellow-orange sapromyziform lauxaniids (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) restricted to the Old World, is redescribed. The African and Malagasy representatives are revised, with four new species described: P. bispina sp. n., P. infuscata sp. n., P. lalitra sp. n. and P. talea sp. n. There are now five Afrotropical Parapachycerina species, including the type species, P. munroi Stuckenberg, 1971. Further, the paper provides an identification key to the Afrotropical species, a summary of the available biological information, and preliminary remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of the genus.
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1 December 2008
Revision of the Afrotropical Species of Parapachycerina (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
Gregory B. P. Davies,
Raymond M. Miller
African Invertebrates
Vol. 49 • No. 2
December 2008
Vol. 49 • No. 2
December 2008
Diptera
identification key
Lauxaniidae
Neogeomysa
Neopachycerina
Parapachycerina
Tanyura