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Issue: Vol. 3062 No. 1: 19 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa3062.1.4
Page range: 37–45
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Opeatocerata Melander (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Av. André Araújo 2936, C. Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Av. André Araújo 2936, C. Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Diptera Neotropical distribution Empidini Brazilian Amazon

Abstract

Two new species of the Neotropical genus of Empidinae, Opeatocerata: O. trilobata sp. nov. and O. melanderi sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Manaus. This is the first record of the genus from Brazilian Amazonia.

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