Studies on the Genus Rhamphomyia Meigen: A Revision of the Nearctic Species of the basalis Group of the Subgenus Pararhamphomyia Frey (Diptera: Empididae)
Chillcott JG. 1958. Studies on the Genus Rhamphomyia Meigen: A Revision of the Nearctic Species of the basalis Group of the Subgenus Pararhamphomyia Frey (Diptera: Empididae). The Canadian Entomologist. 91(5):257-275
ABSTRACT: 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.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Chillcott, J
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, biodiversity, Diptera, Empididae, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Insecta, Rhamphomyia basalis, SER, Southeast Region, taxonomy