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Issue: Vol. 2014 No. 1: 18 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2014.1.6
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of the flower fly genus Ornidia Lepeletier & Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new species from Brazil

Laboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Pará. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, Brasil
Laboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Pará. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, Brasil
Diptera Hover flies Eristalinae Cyclorrhapha Neotropical Region Brazil

Abstract

Ornidia Lepeletier & Serville is an endemic New World genus that now comprises five described species. The genus is reviewed and Ornidia therezinhae sp. n. is described and figured from Brazilian Amazon. A key to all species is provided.

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