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Description of three new species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera, Empididae) from the Amazon Basin, Brazil

Porphyrochroa Melander, 1928 is recorded for the first time in the Brazilian Amazon Basin and three new species are described and illustrated, namely: P. elongata sp. n. (Amazonas and Acre), P. hipandriociliaris sp. n. (Amazonas) and P. vidali sp. n. (Roraima and Amazonas).

Amazon; biodiversity; Empidinae; news records; taxonomy


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