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

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