title: Description of the puparium and redescription of the imagoes of Chorophthalmyia brevicornis Lindner (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).
abstract: The puparium of Chorophthalmyia brevicornis is described for the first time, based on five puparia. Larvae of the species were reared in the laboratory under semi-controlled conditions until the emergence of the adults. In addition, to the description of the puparium we provide a redescription of the imagoes of C. brevicornis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.; Email: jrpujol@unb.br.
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pujol-Luz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Caixa postal 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.; Email: welintonbio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Welinton Ribamar
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Estadual de Educação do Rio de Janeiro, 28013-022, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil.; Email: gustviana@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gustavo Glória
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Viana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa