Redescription of the enigmatic Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)


Autoria(s): Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira de; Amorim, Dalton de Souza; Blagoderov, Vladimir
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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29/10/2013

29/10/2013

02/08/2013

Resumo

Redescription of the enigmatic Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). The Chilean species Thoracotropis cypriformis, type species of the monotypic genus Thoracotropis, is redescribed based on the only known specimen, the holotype. Habitus, head, wing venation, and male terminalia are illustrated. Comments are made on the diagnostic features of the genus and on its position in the subfamily to which it is usually assigned, the Leiinae.

FAPESP

FAPESP [2008/52324-6]

Brazilian National Science Research Agency, CNPq

Brazilian National Science Research Agency, CNPq

Identificador

REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENTOMOLOGIA, CURITIBA, v. 56, n. 4, supl. 18, Part 1-2, pp. 458-462, OCT-DEC, 2012

0085-5626

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/36384

10.1590/S0085-56262012000400009 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012000400009 

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eng

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SOC BRASILEIRA ENTOMOLOGIA

CURITIBA

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REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENTOMOLOGIA

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Palavras-Chave #MYCETOPHILIDAE #REDESCRIPTION #TAXONOMY #THORACOTROPIS #ENTOMOLOGY
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