On the Chloropidae of New Zealand (Diptera)
E.P. Nartshuk
Abstract. 9 species of Chloropidae are recorded from New Zealand (South Island). The genus Lieparella Spencer with the species L. zentae Spencer known earlier only from Australia is reported from New Zealand for the first time. A new species Conioscinella spenceri related to C. badia Hutton and C. speighti Malloch is described from Nelson Prov.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993, 2(1): 185–188 ▪ Published in print 6 October 1993
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