Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1510, 2007, Pages 1-33

  Santos, Charles Morphy D ^a   De Souza Amorim, Dalton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachycera; Chrysopilus; Diptera; Neotropics; Rhagionidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYCERA; CHRYSOPILUS; DIPTERA; RHAGIONIDAE;

EID: 34250852365     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1510.1.1     Document Type: Article

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