%0 Journal Article
%T Revision of the genus Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae): II. The pictipennis species-group
%A Rafael
%A Jos¨¦ Albertino
%A Cumming
%A Jeffrey M.
%J Acta Amazonica
%D 2010
%I Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia
%R 10.1590/S0044-59672010000300023
%X all species of macrostomus wiedemann allied with macrostomus pictipennis (bezzi), are treated in the pictipennis species-group. three currently recognized species and four new species are included, namely m. cervicicauda smith, m. cysticercus smith, m. manauara, sp. nov. from brazil (amazonas and par¨˘ states), m. pacaraima, sp. nov. from brazil (roraima, amazonas and par¨˘ states), m. pictipennis (bezzi), m. smithi, sp. nov. from guyana and brazil (roraima state) and m. utinga, sp. nov. from brazil (par¨˘ state). all primary types were examined and a key to species is presented.
%K amazon basin
%K biogeography
%K empididae
%K macrostomus
%K taxonomy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0044-59672010000300023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en