A new species and new records of Oxysarcodexia Townsend (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Brazil

Oxysarcodexia cocais sp. nov. from Brazil is described and illustrated based on male specimens collected in a babassu palm forest in the state of Maranhão. The remarkable elongated surstylus (as long as cercus) and U-shaped male sternite 5 distinguishes the new species from other species in the genu...

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Main Authors: Fernando da Silva Carvalho-Filho, José Roberto Pereira de Sousa, Maria Cristina Esposito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2017-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S008556261730033X