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A NEW NEARCTIC GENUS OF MYCETOPHILIDAE (DIPTERA) WITH A STENOPTEROUS FEMALE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. R. Vockeroth
J. R. Vockeroth
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Baeopterogyna nudipes n. gen., n. sp., family Mycetophilidae, tribe Sciophilini, from Yukon Territory and Alaska, is described and illustrated. The male has normal wings; the female has wings greatly reduced in size, a condition not previously known in the family.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1972 , pp. 1529 - 1533
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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