Abstract
An alate female of Zorotypus hamiltoni from Colombia is described and illustrated for the first time. The single specimen was collected in Santa María, Boyacá, Colombia and is currently deposited at the Museo Entomológico. Universidad Nacional, Agronomía, Bogotá, Colombia (UNAB).
Highlights
Zoraptera, known as ground lice or angel insects, is one of the less known insect lineages in the world in terms of distribution, diversity and biology (Mashimo et al 2014)
The single specimen was collected in Santa María, Boyacá, Colombia and is currently deposited at the Museo Entomológico
The aim of this work is to make available for the first time a complete and detailed morphological description of an alate female of Z. hamiltoni, as a contribution to the study of Neotropical zorapterans
Summary
Known as ground lice or angel insects, is one of the less known insect lineages in the world in terms of distribution, diversity and biology (Mashimo et al 2014). ABSTRACT An alate female of Zorotypus hamiltoni from Colombia is described and illustrated for the first time. The single specimen was collected in Santa María, Boyacá, Colombia and is currently deposited at the Museo Entomológico.
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