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Issue: Vol. 1859 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1859.1.1
Page range: 1–39
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Revision of the Brazilian Amazon Basin species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera: Empididae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, 81531-980, Brasil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera biodiversity Empidinae Neotropical new records taxonomy

Abstract

The Brazilian Amazon Basin species of Porphyrochroa Melander are revised and include seventeen species: P. aliena, sp. nov., P. amazonica, sp. nov., P. bifida, sp. nov., P. cercosingularis, sp. nov., P. dactiloides, sp. nov., P. distincta, sp. nov., P. epandrialis, sp. nov., P. grandis, sp. nov., P. longiseta, sp. nov., P. manauara, sp. nov., P. neblina, sp. nov., P. pacaraima, sp. nov., P. platypoderis, sp. nov., P. quadrilamelaris, sp. nov., P. roraimensis, sp. nov., P. simplex sp. nov. and P. xavieri sp. nov. All species are described and male genitalia illustrated; these structures presented many characters with great systematic values.

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