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A new species of Trichomyia Haliday (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Los Montes de María, Colombia

A new species of Trichomyia Haliday (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Los Montes de María, Colombia. Trichomyia colosensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from male specimens collected with a modified CDC light trap in the Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza y Montes de María, on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. To date, two species of Trichomyia have been reported from the Colombian Caribbean, T. brevitarsa (Rapp, 1945) and T. colosensis n. sp.

Colombian Caribbean; psychodid fly; Trichomyiinae; taxonomy


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