A new species of the genus Thinophilus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Ukraine and Kazakhstan
O.P. Negrobov, O.O. Maslova & O.V. Selivanova
Abstract. Thinophilus sinclairi sp. nov. is described from the coast of the Sea of Azov, Ukraine, and from northern Kazakhstan. The new species is similar to T. spinitarsis Becker but differs from it in the structure of the hypopygium, apex of fore tibia without long black dorsal seta, and segments 2–4 of fore tarsi with long posterodorsal black setae.
Key words: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Thinophilus, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2017, 26(2): 325–328 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2017.26.2.325 ▪ Open full article 
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