New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Six new species of Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 are described from tropical forest at Yangambi (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Platypalpus bolikoi sp. nov., P. ikoso sp. nov., P. lokonda sp. nov., P. manjano sp. nov., P. saffradi sp. nov. and P. yangambensis sp. nov. All species are photographed and, except for P. saffradi sp. nov. known only from females, male terminalia are illustrated for all. A key is provided for the six species of DR Congo. COI barcodes are available for all species at GenBank.
Author: | Patrick GrootaertORCiD, Igor Shamshev |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-406256 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.103 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 103 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (103) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2016/06/28 |
Tag: | Afrotropical Region; Diptera; Platypalpus; new species |
Page Number: | 20 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 381986292 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |