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Issue: Vol. 1754 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1754.1.3
Page range: 52–62
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 4

Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae

Entomology, Ontario Plant Laboratories, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6
Diptera Boreodromia Ceratempis Sematopoda systematics Canada North America United States New Zealand

Abstract

The monotypic genera Boreodromia Coquillett, Ceratempis Melander and Sematopoda Collin are reviewed with redescriptions of their respective type species and distributions outlined. The male and female terminalia of B. bicolor (Loew) and C. longicornis Melander are here described and illustrated for the first time. The male terminalia of S. elata Collin are illustrated in detail for the first time. The assignment of these genera to the Trichopezinae is discussed.

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