Published December 31, 2008 | Version v1
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Elachiptera

Description

Elachiptera sp. A

Material examined: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov., Playa Tamarindo, 27.iii.1987, W.E. Steiner, J.M. Hill, S.E. Frye (1Ψ, USNM).

Remarks: This species is known from a single female specimen. The broad gena distinguishes it from other known species in the region, but we hesitate to describe a species based on female characters only.

Notes

Published as part of Mlynarek, Julia J. & Wheeler, Terry A., 2008, Revision of the Costa Rican species of Elachiptera (Diptera: Chloropidae), pp. 41-51 in Zootaxa 1754 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181783

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Elachiptera
Taxon rank
genus