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Issue: Vol. 4122 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.34
Page range: 393–396
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 2

FAMILY EMPIDIDAE

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Programa de Pós–Graduação em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080–971, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera catalogue Colombia dance-flies distribution

Abstract

Empididae is one of the biggest families of Diptera with around 3,000 known species. The family is poorly known in Colombia, with only six species reported and this work provides information on their distribution. No endemic genera or species have been recorded to date from Colombia.

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