Sclerocoelus and Druciatus, new genera of New World Sphaeroceridae (Diptera; Sphaeroceridae; Limosininae)

  • The new genus Sclerocoelus is described for a large group of New World species including Sclerocoelus sordipes (Adams) new combination, Sclerocoelus regularis (Malloch) new combination, Sclerocoelus plumiseta (Duda) new combination, and about 40 undescribed species. The widespread Nearctic species Limosina sordipes Adams is redescribed and designated as the type species of Sclerocoelus. Lectotypes are designated for Limosina sordipes Adams and Limosina evanescens Tucker. The new genus Druciatus is described for a group of 7 undescribed species fiom Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The type species, Druciatus ovisternus n.sp., is described from Dominica and the Dominican Republic.

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Author:Stephen A. MarshallORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1159826
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
Publisher:Center for Systematic Entomology
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2010/07/29
Year of first Publication:1995
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/07/29
Volume:09
Issue:3-4
Page Number:7
First Page:283
Last Page:289
Source:Gainesville, Fla. : Flora & Fauna Publ. - Insecta Mundi 09:3-4, S. 283-289
HeBIS-PPN:276071700
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 9 (1995)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333060
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht