Afropeza, a New South African Genus (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), with Description of Three New Species

ABSTRACT Afropeza gen. n. is described to include three new species (A. pappi sp. n., A. silvatica sp. n., and A. stuckenbergi sp. n.) from South Africa. This is the third brachystomatid genus known from Africa and its phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily Trichopezinae are discussed.

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