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Revision of the western Nearctic species of Empis subgenus Enoplempis (Diptera: Empididae)

  • 1. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-1606 & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-1606 & Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 scott.brooks@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-1941 jeff.cumming@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3619-3700
  • 2. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-1606 & Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 scott.brooks@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-1941 jeff.cumming@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3619-3700
  • 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-1606 & Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 scott.brooks@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-1941 jeff.cumming@agr.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3619-3700 & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6 bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-1606

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Sinclair, Bradley J., Brooks, Scott E., Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2025): Revision of the western Nearctic species of Empis subgenus Enoplempis (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 5615 (1): 1-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5615.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5615.1.1

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