On Madagascan Dichaetomyia species (Diptera: Muscidae): redescriptions of six species

Eberhard Zielke

Eberhard Zielke

20 September 2022 · volume 44 · (issue 8) · pp. 69–89 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: Several original descriptions of the Madagascan Dichaetomyia species originating from earlier years do not correspond to today’s requirements since taxonomic characters which are used today successfully for differentiating species have received little or no attention in the past. Since the type specimens of some species were currently available for comparative studies, the descriptions of six species of the subgenus Dichaetomyia s. str. have been updated and supplemented with notes on the history of the species and some photographs.

Keywords: Dichaetomyia, images, Phaoniinae, redescriptions, type-material

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