The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of five new species

Five new species of Keilbachia Mohrig are described: Keilbachia adstricta, K. constricta, K. cracens, K. fratercula and K. truncata. The species are the first sciarids recognized from New Caledonia and are similar in structure to the New Guinean K. indigena Mohrig and the Indomalayan K. adunca Hippa...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: VILKAMAA, PEKKA, HIPPA, HEIKKI, MOHRIG, WERNER
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2011
Subjects:
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
new species
New Caledonia
Australasia
Hippa
fratercula
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2771.1.5
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2771.1.5
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Summary:Five new species of Keilbachia Mohrig are described: Keilbachia adstricta, K. constricta, K. cracens, K. fratercula and K. truncata. The species are the first sciarids recognized from New Caledonia and are similar in structure to the New Guinean K. indigena Mohrig and the Indomalayan K. adunca Hippa & Vilkamaa. A key to the Australasian species of Keilbachia is provided.

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