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TEN NEW SPECIES OF BAT FLIES OF THE GENUS TRICHOBIUS (DIPTERA: STREBLIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. V. Peterson
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
K. Hůrka
Affiliation:
Dapartment of Systematic Zoology, Charles University, Prague

Abstract

Ten new species of Trichobius are described from the Neotropical Region: T. intermedius (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador); T. neotropicus (Dominican Republic); T. cognatus (Dominica and Cuba); T. wenzeli (Cuba); T. dusbabeki (Cuba); T. cernyi (Cuba); T. frequens (Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica); T. macroti (Cuba and Bahama Islands); T. robynae (Puerto Rico); and T. dominicanus (Dominican Republic).

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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