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Issue: Vol. 2245 No. 1: 2 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2245.1.2
Page range: 32–46
Abstract views: 65
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Revision of the species of Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Amazon Basin and some remarks about E. ciliatocosta (Bezzi, 1904)

Coordenaçao de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), CP 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fellow of Programa de Capacitaçao Institucional, INPA/CNPq
Coordenaçao de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), CP 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fellow of CNPq
Diptera Empidoidea Hybotidae Elaphropeza Neotropical region predacious flies

Abstract

Five species of Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827 from the Amazon Basin region are recognized here and re-described in order to clarify and update previous descriptions, as well as illustrations: E. biseticauda (Smith, 1963), E. flavida (Williston, 1896), E. mazaruni (Smith, 1963) and E. similis (Smith, 1963). Re-description of Elaphropeza monochaeta (Bezzi, 1909) comb. nov. is updated, presenting characters nowadays utilized in taxonomy of this group. The female of E. biseticauda is described and illustrated for the first time and E. bergonzoi Raffone, 2000 syn. nov. is proposed as junior synonym of E. flavida. A key to Elaphropeza species from Amazon Basin is provided. Lectotype designation for E. flavida was made and geographical records of this species and the Australian species E. ciliatocosta (Bezzi, 1904) in the Neotropics are discussed.

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