Abstract
A new genus, Steyskalina Knutson, is erected for S. picta Ghorpadé & Marinoni, an undescribed species of the Sciomyzidae, Tetanocerini, discovered from Burma and the neighbouring Yunnan Province of China. The habitus and male terminalia are illustrated. Comments about the affinities of the genus within the Tetanocerini are also included.
Tetanocerini; Sciomyzidae; Steyskalina picta; new genus and species; Burma; China
Steyskalina picta, new genus and species of Tetanocerini (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) from the Oriental Region
Kumar GhorpadéI; Luciane MarinoniII; Lloyd KnutsonIII
I1861 Bethel Street, Bangalore 560 043, India. E-mail: varanus.kg@mailcity.com
IIDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: lmarinon@bio.ufpr.br
III4 rue des Erables, 34830 Claplers, France. E-mail: lvknutson@wanadoo.fr
ABSTRACT
A new genus, Steyskalina Knutson, is erected for S. picta Ghorpadé & Marinoni, an undescribed species of the Sciomyzidae, Tetanocerini, discovered from Burma and the neighbouring Yunnan Province of China. The habitus and male terminalia are illustrated. Comments about the affinities of the genus within the Tetanocerini are also included.
Key words: Tetanocerini, Sciomyzidae, Steyskalina picta, new genus and species, Burma, China
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We are grateful to Dr. Wayne N. Mathis (USNM) and Dr. P.I. Persson (NRS) for providing the examined specimens and to Deborah L. Roney for preparing the habitus figure.
REFERENCES
MARINONI, L. & W.N. MATHIS (in press). Cladistic analysis of Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 (Diptera). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. .
Recebido em 22.V.1998; aceito em 26.VIII.1999.
- MARINONI, L. & W.N. MATHIS (in press). Cladistic analysis of Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 (Diptera). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
15 June 2009 -
Date of issue
1999
History
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Received
22 May 1998 -
Accepted
26 Aug 1999
