Jf. Macdonald, REVIEW OF THE GENUS CHELIPODA MACQUART OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (DIPTERA, EMPIDIDAE, HEMERODROMIINAE), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 95(3), 1993, pp. 327-350
The genus Chelipoda Macquart is reviewed for America north of Mexico.
Descriptions of C. contracta Melander, C elongata (Melander) (Lectotyp
e designated), C. praestans Melander, C sicaria Melander, C. americana
(Melander) (new combination), Chelipoda limitaria n. sp., and Chelipo
da truncata n. sp. are presented. A key to males and females, illustra
tions of male terminalia, known distributions, and comments on biology
and systematics are included.