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A New Species of Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Dominican Republic

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A new long-legged fly species Chrysotus runyoni sp. nov. from the Dominican Republic is described and illustrated. Photos of the male secondary sexual characters are provided.

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Acknowledgments

The author is sincerely grateful to Drs. A. Ozerov and N. Vikhrev (Moscow, Russia) for their kindness in providing specimens for study. Dr. Gary J. Steck (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA) kindly provided digital photos of the Chrysotus leucosetus holotype. Drs. Renato S. Capellari (Brazil) and Justin B. Runyon (Montana, USA) commented on earlier drafts of the manuscript. The work was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant No. 14-04-00264-a.

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Grichanov, I.Y. A New Species of Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Dominican Republic. Neotrop Entomol 46, 133–135 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0447-1

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