A REVIEW OF THE THAUMALEIDAE (DIPTERA, CULICOMORPHA) OF EASTERN NORTH-AMERICA, INCLUDING A REDEFINITION OF THE GENUS ANDROPROSOPA MIK

Authors
SINCLAIR BJ
Citation
Bj. Sinclair, A REVIEW OF THE THAUMALEIDAE (DIPTERA, CULICOMORPHA) OF EASTERN NORTH-AMERICA, INCLUDING A REDEFINITION OF THE GENUS ANDROPROSOPA MIK, Entomologica Scandinavica, 27(4), 1996, pp. 361-376
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138711
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
361 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8711(1996)27:4<361:AROTT(>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The genus Androprosopa Mik (Diptera: Thaumaleidae) is redefined and ex panded to include 51 species. Adult, pupa, and final-instar larva of t he eastern North American species of Androprosopa americana (Bezzi) co mb. n., A. thomburghae (Vaillant) comb. n., A. vaillantiana sp. n., an d Thaumalea verralli Edwards (new Nearctic record) are described and i llustrated. New records of Trichothaumalea elakalensis Sinclair also a re provided. Keys to adult males, pupae, and larvae for all five easte rn Nearctic species are included.