Redescription of the enigmatic Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)

The Chilean species Thoracotropis cypriformis, type species of the monotypic genus Thoracotropis, is redescribed based on the only known specimen, the holotype. Habitus, head, wing venation, and male terminalia are illustrated. Comments are made on the diagnostic features of the genus and on its pos...

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Main Authors: Sarah Siqueira Oliveira, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Vladimir Blagoderov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000400009&lng=en&tlng=en