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• Iheringia, Sér. Zool. (90) • May 2001 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212001000100012   copy

Redescription of two neotropical species of Empididae (Diptera) described by curran and revalidation of the genus Porphyrochroa

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The two species described in the genus Axelempis Curran, 1931, junior synonym of Macrostomus Wiedemann, 1817, Axelempis fulvithorax Curran, 1931 and A. fasciventris Curran, 1931 are redescribed from the types. The first one remains in the genus Macrostomus and the second one is transferred to Porphyrochroa Melander, 1928, here revalidated.

Diptera; Empididae; Macrostomus; Porphyrochroa; Taxonomy

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