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Examination of the validity of Hybomitra akiyamai Murdoch &
Takahasi (Diptera: Tabanidae)
| Title: | Examination of the validity of Hybomitra akiyamai Murdoch &
Takahasi (Diptera: Tabanidae) |
| Authors: | Sasaki, Hitoshi Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2020 |
| Publisher: | The Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |
| Journal Title: | Insecta matsumurana. New series : Journal of the Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, series entomology. |
| Volume: | 76 |
| Start Page: | 17 |
| End Page: | 21 |
| Abstract: | Hybomitra akiyamai Murdoch & Takahasi, 1969 was originally described on the basis of a single female specimen collected at Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. However, H. akiyamai was synonymized with Hybomitra hirticeps (Loew, 1858) by H. Hayakawa with no explanation. I examined the holotype specimen of H. akiyamai and 11 specimens which had been collected in Japan and identified as H. hirticeps, and I found some distinct differences between the former specimen and the latter in diagnostically important features and the wing venation. I conclude that H. akiyamai holotype specimen is distinct at the species level from H. hirticeps specimens, and the name H. akiyamai is valid. |
| Type: | bulletin (article) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/81656 |
| Appears in Collections: | Insecta matsumurana. New series : journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, series entomology. > New Series 76
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