A revision of black flies of the genus Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925 (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the fund collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

A.V. Yankovsky

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2011, 315(4): 412–440 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2011.315.4.412

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Abstract

As a result of the examination of the fund collection of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a detailed re-descriptions and original drawings of 12 species (of 13 known in the world fauna) of the genus Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925 (all known Palaearctic species of this genus) are given, 2 species are described as a new species, pupa of 1 species, male and female of 1 species are described for the first time, 1 former subspecies is treated as the separate species. Key to all 13 species of the genus Taeniopterna is provided.

Key words

black flies, morphology, Simuliidae, systematics, Taeniopterna

Submitted July 25, 2011 · Accepted August 30, 2011 · Published December 23, 2011

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