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Studies on the Genus Rhamphomyia Meigen: A Revision of the Nearctic Species of the basalis Group of the Subgenus Pararhamphomyia Frey (Diptera: Empididae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. G. Chillcott
J. G. Chillcott
Affiliation:
Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division, Ottawa, Canada
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The group of species related to Rhamphomyia basalis Loew is characterized in the male by an enlarged femorotibial joint of the hind leg and usually by modifications of the femur or tibia or both, and in the female by broad, usually infuscated wings and more or less pennate legs.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 91 , Issue 5 , May 1959 , pp. 257 - 275
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1959

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