A description of a new species of Diasemopsis (Diptera, Diopsidae) from the Comoro Islands with morphological, molecular and allometric data

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1211, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Carr, Martin ^a   Cotton, Samuel ^b   Földvári, Mihály ^c   Kotrba, Marion ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comoro Islands; Diasemopsis; Diopsidae; Eye span allometry; Genitalia; Molecular phylogeny; Morphological description; New species

Indexed keywords

DIASEMOPSIS; DIASEMOPSIS COMOROENSIS; DIASEMOPSIS MEIGENII; DIOPSIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33745245998     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1211.1.1     Document Type: Article

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