A new species of the genus Rhipidia Meigen, 1818 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Tajikistan
A new species Rhipidia (Rhipidia) mesasiatica sp. n. (Diptera: Limoniidae) is described and illustrated based on male and female imagoes from Tajikistan, Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region. This species belongs to the Rhipidia species-group with numerous small spots on the wings, but differs f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень |
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| Online Access: | https://old.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19(1)_14_Devyatkov.pdf |
| Summary: | A new species Rhipidia (Rhipidia) mesasiatica sp. n. (Diptera: Limoniidae) is described and illustrated based on male and female imagoes from Tajikistan, Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region. This species belongs to the Rhipidia species-group with numerous small spots on the wings, but differs from them in the combination of some main diagnostic features: male antenna with seven bipectinate flagellomeres; thorac pleuron brown with one indistinct dark brown longitudinal stripe; wings with a relatively short vein Sc, vein Sc1 ending less one-third of Rs length; rostral prolongation of ventral gonostylus relatively long, with tuft of 4–5 long setae-like rostral spines nearer to apex |
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| ISSN: | 1814-3326 2713-1785 |