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Issue: Vol. 4208 No. 2: 15 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.2.2
Page range: 127–148
Abstract views: 62
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Revision of Diplosynapsis Enderlein, 1914 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) with description of four new species

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CBIO – Coordenação de Biodiversidade, CEP 69060-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Bolsista FAPEAM–FIXAM.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CBIO – Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade, Campus II, CEP 69080-971, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Diptera Efferia group Neotropical Taxonomy Robber Flies

Abstract

The robber fly genus Diplosynapsis Enderlein, 1914 is reviewed and four new species are described—D. chela sp. nov. (Amazonas state, Brazil), D. fisheri sp. nov. (Guapiles, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica), D. spina sp. nov. (Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil) and D. uncinata sp. nov. (Amazonas state, Brazil). A lectotype is designated for D. cellata (Schiner, 1868) pres. desig. and comments are made on D. remus Tomasovic, 2002. An identification key and illustrations are presented for all species.

 

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