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Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species
Grootaert, P.; Van de Velde, I. (2019). Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species. Eur. J. Taxon. 528: 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.528
In: European Journal of Taxonomy. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris. ISSN 2118-9773; e-ISSN 2118-9773, more
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Keywords
    Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851 [WoRMS]; Crossopalpus Bigot, 1857 [WoRMS]; Empidoidea [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    Cape Verde; new species; Empidoidea; Aphrosylus; Crossopalpus

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  • Grootaert, P., more
  • Van de Velde, I., more

Abstract
    In the present paper three empidoid fly species new to science are described from the island Sal of the Cabo Verde archipelago. Aphrosylus salensis sp. nov., a marine dolichopodid fly, is found in the splash zone of a rocky sea shore. Crossopalpus salensis sp. nov. (Hybotidae) is recorded from two different sebkhas. Crossopalpus complicatus sp. nov. is reported from an irrigated wasteland. A key to the species of these two genera occurring on Cape Verde is provided. The presence of the morphospecies Tachytrechus tessellatus (Macquart, 1842), a presumed Old World tropical species, is confirmed.

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