The subgenus Scaptia (Lepmia) Fairchild: redescription of females and description of a male (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae).
The subgenus Scaptia (Lepmia) Fairchild, known only from mountainous areas of Southeast of Brazil, is redescribed and illustrated. It is contrasted with similar species of Scaptia (Pseudoscione). It is more similar to the Australian Myioscaptia and Plinthina than to the other New World Scaptia subgenera.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. sixtoco@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male