New species of Empis (s. str.) (Diptera: Empididae) from the Northwest Caucasus

S.Yu. Kustov and I.V. Shamshev

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2013, 317(1): 45–53 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2013.317.1.45

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Abstract

Four new species of the genus Empis belonging to the nominative subgenus are described from the Northwest Caucasus: E. (E.) arkhyziensis sp. nov. (Russia: Karachay-Cherkessia), E. (E.) cherkessica sp. nov. (Russia: Karachay-Cherkessia), E. (E.) temryukiensis sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory), and E. (E.) xanthopoda sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory). Empis (E.) albopilosa de Meijere, 1935 is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time.

Key words

Diptera, Empididae, Empis, new species, Palaearctic, Caucasus, Russia

Submitted September 30, 2012 · Accepted December 18, 2012 · Published March 29, 2013

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