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Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) a
species and genus new to the Norwegian fauna
JØRN R. GUSTAD & IAIN MACGOWAN
Gustad, J.R. & MacGowan, I. 2020. Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Diptera, Lonchaeidae)
a species and genus new to the Norwegian fauna. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 67, 132–135.
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Jørn R. Gustad, Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences, Molde University College –
Specialized University in Logistics, P.O. Box 2110, NO-6402 Molde, Norway.
E-mail: jorn.r.gustad@himolde.no
Iain MacGowan, Honorary Research Associate, National Museums of Scotland, Collection Centre,
242 West Granton Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1JA, U.K. E-mail: imacgowan9@gmail.com
Introduction
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into two sections, placing the Lonchaeidae in the
“lower Tephritoidea”, along with Piophilidae,
Pallopteridae and Richardiidae. Morphological
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relationships among the lower tephritoid families.
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realm (MacGowan 2020a). Knowledge of the
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MacGowan 2019).
Diagnostic characters
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2 records of E. schistopyga Collin, 1953, and 12
records of E. viridana (Meigen, 1826). In Sweden
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netherlandica MacGowan, 2004, E. schistopyga,
E. viridana and E. virilis Collin, 1953 are present
(MacGowan 2015, MacGowan 2019). Of the
6 species recorded in Sweden 3 species were
reported from the Swedish Malaise Trap project
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Acknowledgements. We thank Morten Angard Mjelde for
details on his record and for use of his photos in this article.
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