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Artemita bicolor Kertész, novo sinÎnimo de Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) com notas nas terminålias masculina e feminina Artemita bicolor Kertész, new synonym of Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) with notes on male and female terminalia
O gĂȘnero de Stratiomyidae, Artemita Walker, 1854 esta representado na regiĂŁo Neotropical por 14 espĂ©cies, seis das quais ocorrem no Brasil. Apesar das importantes revisĂ”es de KERTĂSZ (1914) e JAMES (1971) o conhecimento sobre a variação morfolĂłgica no grupo ainda Ă© rudimentar, principalmente com relação a terminĂĄlia. Neste trabalho, com base na morfologia da terminĂĄlia Artemita bicolor KertĂ©sz, 1914 Ă© proposta como sinĂŽnimo jĂșnior de Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914 e a Ășltima Ă© redescrita.<br>The Stratiomyidae genus Artemita Walker, 1854 is represented in the Neotropical Region by 14 species, 6 of which occur in Brazil. Despite of the important revisions by KERTĂSZ (1914) and JAMES (1971) knowledge of morphological variation within the group is rudimentary, mainly with respect to the terminalia. In this work, Artemita bicolor KertĂ©sz, 1914 is proposed as a junior synonym of Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914 and the latter is redescribed based on terminalia morphology