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A NEW NEARCTIC GENUS OF MYCETOPHILIDAE (DIPTERA) WITH A STENOPTEROUS FEMALE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. R. Vockeroth
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Baeopterogyna nudipes n. gen., n. sp., family Mycetophilidae, tribe Sciophilini, from Yukon Territory and Alaska, is described and illustrated. The male has normal wings; the female has wings greatly reduced in size, a condition not previously known in the family.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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