Teuchophorus miricornis, Meuffels & Grootaert, 2004
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/0022293021000007507 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE878F-022E-4400-FD36-FBD2FBEBE7EE |
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Felipe |
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Teuchophorus miricornis |
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V. gratiosus View in CoL group
No spinules at ventral base of fore basitarsus. Legs without remarkable bristling. Third antennal segment very long, and wrinkled (more than six times as long as basally deep), pointed; arista inserted on the broadened base, very short or absent. Face relatively broad. Acr present or absent. Wing without stigma. Surstyli finger-shaped.
Known distribution. Taiwan ( gratiosus ), Japan ( amami , gratiosus ), Laos ( gratiosus ), Nepal ( anomalicerus ), Thailand ( trangensis ), Papua New Guinea ( miricornis ).
Bickel (1999), in redefining the genus Mastigomyia , already expressed his doubts as to the distinctness of this group as a separate genus, because it had been defined only by MSSC.
Species included. Teuchophorus amami (Bickel, 1999) [ Mastigomyia ] comb. nov.; Teuchophorus anomalicerus (Hollis, 1964) [ Chrysotimus ] comb. nov.; Teuchophorus gratiosus (Becker, 1924) [ Mastigomyia ] comb. nov.; Teuchophorus miricornis sp. nov.; Teuchophorus trangensis (Bickel, 1999) [ Mastigomyia ] comb. nov.
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