Study of the Micropezids of the Amazon Basin. 1.Contribution to the Systematics of the Micropezidae and Study of the Genus Taeniaptera Macquart, 1835 (Diptera-Acalyptratae).

This work is an evaluation of micropezid systematics in view of the evolutionary position of the family, especially as applied to the subfamily Taeniapterinae. The study of the genus Taeniaptera begins with those species which occur in central Amazonia, based on differential characters of male genit...

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Published in:Acta amazonica 1980-01, Vol.10 (3), p.659-659
Main Author: Paes de Albuquerque, L
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
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Micropezidae
Taeniaptera
Taeniaptera lasciva
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Summary:This work is an evaluation of micropezid systematics in view of the evolutionary position of the family, especially as applied to the subfamily Taeniapterinae. The study of the genus Taeniaptera begins with those species which occur in central Amazonia, based on differential characters of male genitalia and females. The identification of specimens was made using the key of Hennig 1934:47-77 and comparing characters of these specimens with the original description of each species and with material identified by dipterologist Dr. H.S. Lopes. The morphology, genital anatomy, and distribution of Taeniaptera lasciva (Fabr., 1978) is also included. This species presents a closed and stalked posterior cell of the wing, and simple male fifth sternite.
ISSN:0044-5967