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A new genus and species of Rhagionidae from southern Brazil (Diptera)
Author(s) -
Stuckenberg B. R.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal entomological society of london. series b, taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0375-0434
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1966.tb00468.x
Subject(s) - genus , zoology , geography , biology , ecology
Synopsis A new genus of Rhagionidae is erected for a new species described from males and females from the Santa Catarina province of Brazil. This species lacks mandibles and pseudotracheae in the female and therefore is assumed not to be haematophagous.