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A new species of Micropeza Meigen from Morocco and a provisional key to the West Palaearctic species (Diptera: Acalyptrata, Micropezidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2019
Authors:M. J. Ebejer
Journal:Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
Pagination:71–76
Keywords:identification, Micropeza, Micropeza angustipennis, Micropeza annuliventris, Micropeza atripes, Micropeza brevipennis, Micropeza cingulata, Micropeza corrigiolata, Micropeza grallatrix, Micropeza hispanica, Micropeza kawalii, Micropeza kettaniae, Micropeza lateralis, Micropeza nigra, morocco, new species
Abstract:

A new species of Micropezidae, Micropeza kettaniae, is described from Morocco and the twelve west Palaearctic species of Micropeza Meigen are keyed. This is the first record of the family from Morocco and the second species to be described from North Africa

DOI:10.31184/M00138908.1552.3977
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