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Issue: Vol. 3613 No. 3: 11 Feb. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.3.5
Page range: 274–280
Abstract views: 80
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Lamprempis Wheeler & Melander (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from Maranhão, Brazil

Ph.D. student, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera Lamprempis Empidinae Empidini Empidoidea Neotropical Region taxonomy

Abstract

Lamprempis Wheeler & Melander, 1901 is a Neotropical genus with 22 known species. Two species collected in the Bra-zilian state of Maranhão, L. longipenis sp. nov. and L. triangulata sp. nov., are here described and illustrated. A published Lamprempis key is modified to include the newly described species.

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