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Hello, I´m looking for descriptions of some species but I can´t find them, with Hemipenthes villeneuvi, for instance, i´ve seen this:

Name: Hemipenthes villeneuvei Francois, 1970: 203
Type: TL: France (HT IRSNB*)

But I can´t find the complete reference. I have this same problem with many families' species, is there any good database?
Thanks in advance
Regards

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Paqui:

You need a Catalog to reveal species descriptions (e.g. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera).

For Bombylidae on worldwide scale look at: World catalog of bee flies.

In the bibliography you will find what you are looking for:

Francois, F. J. J. (1970): Bombyliidae (Diptera) Meconnus. V. Un Hemipenthes orophile nouveau: H. villeneuvei. - Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Entomol. Belg. 106: 203-205.

so long,
xylo

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That's really useful, thank you very much! :)
Reagrds

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Hi again, I can´t find the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, it seems it dissapeared from every shop (nhbs, pembooks, insecta.de, amazon...) is there any pdf version?
Thanks in advance for your atention
Regards

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There are a few volumes on Abe Books but they are expensive.

http://www.abeboo...ic+Diptera

I don't know if you will find what you want on Google Scholar..

http://scholar.go...as_sdtp=on
Janet

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You can find only vol3 of the diptera catalog as pdf format from the following address (by Paul Beuk)
http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Soos_Papp_Palaearctic_Diptera_Vol_03_1988.pdf

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thank you very much, that's very useful :)