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A revision of the New World genus Aptilotella Duda (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae)
Stephen P L Luk1, Stephen A Marshall2
1Affiliation: unknown;
Abstract:
The genus Aptilotella Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae) is redefined and revised. The type species, Aptilotella borgmeieri Duda is redescribed, and twenty-seven species are described as new: Aptilotella andersoni sp. n., A. angela sp. n., A. caerulea sp. n., A. corona sp. n., A. diffisa sp. n., A. ebenea sp. n., A. erinacea sp. n., A. gemmula sp. n., A. germana sp. n., A. gladia sp. n., A. gloriosa sp. n., A. gracilis sp. n., A. hamata sp. n., A. involucris sp. n., A. macta sp. n., A. macula sp. n., A. pennifera sp. n., A. pichin chensis sp. n., A. pyropanda sp. n., A. quadrata sp. n., A. quatuorchela sp. n., A. radians sp. n., A. simplex sp. n., A. solaria sp. n., A. sphyra sp. n., A. umbracatus sp. n., and A. viva sp. n. A phylogenetic analysis and key to species are presented, with illustrations and distributional notes.
