New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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Genus Paracladura Brunetti of the Australian Region. I. Characteristics of the antipoda group of species; a new species described (Diptera: Trichoceridae)

EWA KRZEMIN'SKA

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Polish Academy of Sciences
Kraków, ul. Slawkowska 17
31-016 Kraków, Poland
email: krzeminska@isez.pan.krakow.pl

Abstract  Three species of the genus Paracladura Brunetti from New Zealand are redescribed: P. antipoda (Mik), P. harrisi Alexander and P. maori (Alexander). Neotype of P. antipoda is designated. A new species related to P. maori, P. oparara, n. sp., is described. The general characteristics of male genitalia of this group are given, and the functional morphology of the tarsal claw in Paracladura is described.

Keywords  Diptera; Trichoceridae; Paracladura; new species; tarsal claw

Z00034
Received 4 October 2001; accepted 17 July 2001

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2001, Vol. 28: 373-385

0301-4223/01/2804-0373 $7.00/0   (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 2001

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