| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1986 |
| Authors: | J. A. Rafael |
| Journal: | Amazoniana |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Pagination: | 15-19 |
| Keywords: | Amazunculus besti new species, Amazunculus platypodus new combination, Dorilas platypodus, Pipunculidae, systematics, taxonomic description |
| Abstract: | Amazunculus, nov. gen., collected to date only in the Amazon basin, is described and its taxonomic position is discussed. Two species are included: A. platypodus (HARDY, 1950), nov. comb. (Dorilas platypodus) (type-species) and A. besti, nov. spec. |