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Leptopteromyia Williston, 1907
[Leptogastrinae]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
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Description: Williston, S.W. (1907): Dipterological notes. - Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15: 1-2 [2]; New York.
Type species: Leptopteromyia gracilis Williston, 1908: 195
Literature: Martin, C.H. (1957): A revision of the Leptogastrinae in the United States (Diptera, Asilidae). - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(5): 347-385; New York [key]. Martin, C.H. (1971): A review of the genus Leptopteromyia in the western hemisphere (Diptera: Leptogastridae). - Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47: 264-270; San Francisco [key].

Nearctic species:

  1. Leptopteromyia americana Hardy, 1947
  2. Leptopteromyia mexicanae Martin, 1971

Leptopteromyia americana Hardy, 1947

- paratype male (USNM) -

lateral view   lateral view
thorax lateral   halter
head & thorax dorso-lateral   hind leg

 

Leptopteromyia species

- male -

lateral view   head dorsal
head frontal   thorax dorsal
wing   wing
wing   wing (drawing)
hypopygium dorsal   hypopygium lateral

 

Leptopteromyia mexicanae Martin, 1971

- male -

lateral view

 

 

 

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