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First records of Ropalomeridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) from French Guiana

Rosaly ALE-ROCHA & Marc POLLET

en Zoosystema 41 (1) - Pages 1-5

Published on 11 January 2019

This article is a part of the thematic issue “Our Planet Reviewed” 2015 large-scale biotic survey in Mitaraka, French Guiana

The family Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868 (Diptera, Acalyptratae) is recorded from French Guiana for the first time, with two species, Ropalomera clavipes (Fabricius, 1805) and R. tibialis Walker, 1852, collected in lowland rainforest in the southwesternmost part of French Guiana (Mitaraka Mountains).


Keywords:

Distribution, Brachycera, Neotropical Region, Scyomyzoidea, South America

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