Revista Peruana de Biología (Oct 2014)

First record of Nemopalpus phoenimimos Quate & Alexander, 2000 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Bruchomyiinae) in Venezuela

  • Dalmiro Cazorla,
  • Mireya Sánchez,
  • Yetsenia Sánchez,
  • Luzmary Oraá,
  • Yorfer Rondón,
  • Masyelly Rojas,
  • María Rujano,
  • Maritza Rondón,
  • Néstor González,
  • Elsa Nieves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v21i2.9821
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 2
pp. 175 – 178

Abstract

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The moth fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Bruchomyiinae subfamily Nemopalpus phoenimimos Quate & Alexander, 2000 is recorded for the first time in Venezuela. Two specimens were collected at 2200 m of altitude in Escagüey (8°42’31.19”N; 70°59’41.25”W), Mérida state, from Venezuelan Andes region. This record represents the second Nemopalpus Macquart, 1838 species reported from this country.

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