Empis (Enoplempis) turgida, Sinclair & Brooks & Cumming, 2025

Sinclair, Bradley J., Brooks, Scott E. & Cumming, Jeffrey M., 2025, Revision of the western Nearctic species of Empis subgenus Enoplempis (Diptera: Empididae), Zootaxa 5615 (1), pp. 1-200 : 122

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5615.1.1

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scientific name

Empis (Enoplempis) turgida
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Empis (Enoplempis) turgida species group

( Figs 239–249 View FIGURES 239–242 View FIGURES 243–248 View FIGURES 249–250 )

This group includes two species, E. (En.) turgida sp. nov. and E. (En.) woodleyi sp. nov., which are distinguished by the shiny vittae on the scutum ( Fig. 239 View FIGURES 239–242 ), male hind femur with row of thickened preapical posterior setae ( Fig. 242 View FIGURES 239–242 ), male abdomen shiny ( Fig. 240 View FIGURES 239–242 ) with modified pregenital abdominal tergites ( Figs 243, 246 View FIGURES 243–248 ), subepandrial process short and blade-like ( Figs 244, 247 View FIGURES 243–248 ), and phallus with teeth-like marginal projections ( Figs 245, 248 View FIGURES 243–248 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Empididae

Genus

Empis

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