Elachiptera

Mlynarek, Julia J. & Wheeler, Terry A., 2008, Revision of the Costa Rican species of Elachiptera (Diptera: Chloropidae), Zootaxa 1754, pp. 41-51 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181783
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230271
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9678D17-1205-FFDC-4AB9-FB50FE6FFBA8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Elachiptera
status

Treatment

Elachiptera View in CoL View at ENA sp. A

Material examined: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov., Playa Tamarindo, 27.iii.1987, W.E. Steiner, J.M. Hill, S.E. Frye (1Ψ, USNM).

Remarks: This species is known from a single female specimen. The broad gena distinguishes it from other known species in the region, but we hesitate to describe a species based on female characters only.