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New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa
Abstract. A new bombyliid species Marleyimyia xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, sp. n., an apparent mimic of the carpenter bee Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer), is described from South Africa on the basis of photographs only. The pros and cons of species descriptions in the absence of preserved type...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.525.6143 |
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author | Marshall, Stephen A. Evenhuis, Neal L. |
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description | Abstract. A new bombyliid species Marleyimyia xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, sp. n., an apparent mimic of the carpenter bee Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer), is described from South Africa on the basis of photographs only. The pros and cons of species descriptions in the absence of preserved type specimens are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-46078532015-10-20 New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa Marshall, Stephen A. Evenhuis, Neal L. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new bombyliid species Marleyimyia xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, sp. n., an apparent mimic of the carpenter bee Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer), is described from South Africa on the basis of photographs only. The pros and cons of species descriptions in the absence of preserved type specimens are discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2015-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4607853/ /pubmed/26487819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.525.6143 Text en Stephen A. Marshall, Neal L. Evenhuis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Marshall, Stephen A. Evenhuis, Neal L. New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title | New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title_full | New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title_fullStr | New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title_short | New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa |
title_sort | new species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of marleyimyia hesse (diptera, bombyliidae) from south africa |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.525.6143 |
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