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Description of the female of Brasineura diamantina Silva-Neto & García Aldrete (Psocodea: Psocoptera: Ptiloneuridae), with comments on variation in the wing venation

Lima, Daniel MouraSilva Neto, Alberto Moreira daGarcía-Aldrete, Alfonso NeriBravo, Freddy

The unknown female of Brasineura diamantina Silva-Neto & García Aldrete is described and illustrated, with new records and comments on variation in the fore-hindwing venation, based on 27 females and 113 males collected in five localities in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Thirty four types of variation and anomalies in the fore-hindwing veins were found. A revised diagnosis of B. diamantina is also presented.(AU)

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