Acrocera Meigen, 1803

Gillung, Jéssica Paula & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, Acroceridae (Diptera): a pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera, Zootaxa 2175, pp. 29-41 : 37

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189330

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219283

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scientific name

Acrocera Meigen, 1803
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Acrocera Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs. 27, 28 View FIGURES 27, 28. 27 )

Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266 View in CoL . Type species: Syrphus globulus Panzer, 1803 .

Diagnosis. Head occupied almost entirely by the eyes ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27, 28. 27 ). Eyes bare, holoptic below antennae ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27, 28. 27 ). Antennae on the upper part of the head, apparently composed of only two segments; scape and pedicel short and rounded, flagellum basally globose and thinned apically ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27, 28. 27 ). Mouthparts very small or absent; mouth not covered by a membrane ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27, 28. 27 ). Wing venation reduced, some veins difficult to determine homology.

References. Cole (1919), Sabrosky (1944).

Brazilian species. A. brasiliensis ( Gil Collado, 1928) View in CoL [ Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (type-locality)].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Acroceridae

Loc

Acrocera Meigen, 1803

Gillung, Jéssica Paula & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De 2009
2009
Loc

Acrocera

Meigen 1803: 266
1803
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