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A new species of Dichelacera (Tabanidae, Diptera) is described, based on females from Arraias, state of Tocantins, Brazil. Diagnosis, discussion, and illustrations of external and internal characters are provided. In addition, we provide unpublished photographs of Dichelacera callosa Lutz for comparison.
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We thank Dr. Gary J. Steck from the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) for kindly providing the pictures of D. callosa and allowing their publication. We also thank Dr. Paulo Lucinda and all colleagues at Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática from Universidade Federal do Tocantins for the support on image acquisition.
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This study was supported by the “Programa Institucional de Produtividade em Pesquisa da UFT”, process: No. 001/2017, TKK).
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Lima, H.I.L., Krolow, T.K. & Henriques, A.L. A New Species of Dichelacera (Dichelacera) Macquart (Diptera, Tabanidae) from the Brazilian Savannah. Neotrop Entomol 47, 380–384 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0568-1
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