Revision of opeatocerata melander, 1928 (Diptera: empididae: empidinae).
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The species of the Neotropical genus Opeatocerata Melander are revised to include 21 species, with fifteen species described as new: O. agudeloi sp. nov., O. ampullaria sp. nov., O. bare sp. nov., O. brasiliensis sp. nov., O. chaetohypandrialis sp. nov., O. cylindrophallus sp. nov., O. curvipenis sp. nov., O. hadrophallus sp. nov., O. megalophallus sp. nov., O. mourai sp. nov., O. nhamunda sp. nov., O. smithi sp. nov., O. spinipenis sp. nov., O. tanimboca sp. nov. and O. zuleideae sp. nov. All species are described and male and female genitalia illustrated. An identification key and the geographic distributions of the species are also presented.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 3846 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014