Lepidophora, Westw.

Westwood, John O., 1835, Insectorum novorum exoticorum (ex ordine Dipterorum) descriptiones, London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Series 3 6 (72), pp. 447-449 : 447

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.27466

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3507116

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scientific name

Lepidophora, Westw.
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Lepidophora, Westw. View in CoL (Fam. Bombyliidae .)

Antennæ capite triplo longiores, squamulis obtectæ, articulo Imo? brevi, 2ndo longo gracili, 3tio breviori latiori, stylo apicali. Proboscis antennarum dimidiò brevior. Thorax valdè gibbosus. Abdomen elongatum, parallelum, caudâ squamulosâ ornatum. Alæ farinosæ, nervis ut in Cylleniâ dispositis. Pedes longi, graciles.

Obs. Cel. Kirby et Spence hoc genus commémorant libro " Introd. to Ent." vol. iii. p. 646, pl. 12,f. 23, ubi Culicem cum Anthrace, &c., conjungere credunt.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

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