West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

  • Igor Ya. Grichanov All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.61
Keywords: Dolichopodidae, Diostracus, West Palaearctic, new species, key

Abstract

A new status (as subgenera of Diostracus Loew, 1861) for Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874, Lagodechia Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1996 and Ozmena Özdikmen, 2010 stat. nov. is proposed. A new species, Diostracus (Sphyrotarsus) kustovi sp. nov., is described from the Russian Caucasus. The following recombinations (comb. nov.) are also proposed: Diostracus (Sphyrotarsus) argyrostomus (Mik, 1874); D. (S.) caucasicus (Negrobov, 1965); D. (S.) hervebazini (Parent, 1914); D. (S.) hessei (Parent, 1914); D. (S.) hygrophilus (Becker, 1891); D. (S.) leucostomus (Loew, 1861); D. (S.) parenti (Hesse, 1933); D. (Lagodechia) spinulifer Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1988; and D. (Ozmena) stackelbergi (Negrobov, 1965). A key to ten Diostracus species inhabiting the West Palaearctic Region is provided.

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Published
2013-10-30
How to Cite
Grichanov, I. Y. (2013). West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (61). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.61
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No. 61 (2013): West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2013 Igor Ya. Grichanov

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