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Date of this Version

March 2002

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Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002. Copyright © 2002 Porter .
Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Abstract: Therion fidalgoi n. sp. is described from the Sierras de Cordoba in the upland subtropical thorn scrub of northwest Argentina. It differs from other South American Therion because of its strongly elevated, bilobed ocellar area, bidentate mandible, and unpectinate tarsal claws.

Resumen: Therion fidalgoi n. sp. habita en el Chaco Serrano de las Sierras de Cordoba en el noroeste subtropical de la Argentina. Se diferencia de las otras especies sudamericanas de su genero por tener el area ocelar del vertice muy elevada, abultada y bilobulada, la mandibula con dos dientes apicales, y las unas tarsales no pectinadas.

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