Pilica Curran, 1931
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11755334 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1C4BACE-8DA8-4051-9CFC-E6AB2C7BE9BB |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5073430 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5198780-4F50-FFA1-6328-D310FC45AA4C |
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Felipe |
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Pilica Curran |
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Pilica Curran, 1931: 20 . Type species: Laphria formidolosa Walker View in CoL (orig. des.) (1860: 280). Martin & Papavero, 1970: 43.
Remarks. This Neotropical genus, consisting of 11 described species, is distinguished by a sharply pointed, usually upturned proboscis (Fisher pers. com.). This is the first report of the genus in the West Indies. Dr. Eric Fisher, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, is revising this genus.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Pilica Curran
| Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. 2006 |
Pilica
| Martin, C H & Papavero, N. 1970: 43 |
| Curran, C. H. 1931: 20 |