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A NEW SPECIES OF BRACHYPOGON (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE), THE FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. A. Downes
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa

Abstract

Brachypogon canadensis n. sp. is described from western Quebec; the known range of the species extends southwards to Florida. It is perhaps most nearly allied to the widespread Palaearctic species B. vitiosus (Winnertz).

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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