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Issue: Vol. 2087 No. 1: 1 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2087.1.4
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Xanthempis Bezzi (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) endemic to the Pyrenees

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205 'Origine, structure et évolution de la biodiversité', 45 rue Buffon – CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
Diptera Empis Xanthempis new species E. (X.) fagina sp. nov. E. (X.) virgulata Pyrenees

Abstract

Two new species endemic to the Pyrenees and belonging to the subgenus Xanthempis of the genus Empis are described: E. (X.) fagina sp. nov. and E. (X.) virgulata sp. nov. A key is given for the six presently known Pyrenean species, four of which are endemic to this area.

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