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A New Genus of Rhagionidae (Diptera) with Notes and Descriptions of Bolbomyia Loew

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. G. Chillcott
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario

Abstract

Litoleptis alaskensis, a new genus and species from Alaska, and Bolbomyia melanderi, a new species from the Appalachians, are described. Cekendia wuorentausi is redescribed, and the genus synonymyzed with Bolbomyia. Further records of the Nearctic species of Bolbomyia are given. A generic group composed of Hilarimorpha, Litoleptis, Bolbomyia, Archicera and Austroleptis is proposed.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1963

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