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Issue: Vol. 1004 No. 1: 7 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1004.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 60
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The appendiculatus species-group of Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) in the Palaearctic Region, including the description of new species

Mlékovice 40, CS-28144 Zásmuky, Czech Republic
Museum Wiesbaden, Natural History Collections, D-65185 Wiesbaden, Germany
Diptera Insecta Asilidae Habropogon new records new species key Palaearctic region Croatia Israel Morocco Russia Spain Syria Tunisia

Abstract

Six Palaearctic species of the Habropogon appendiculatus-group are recognized, two of them being described as new: H. hauseri, sp. n. and H. theodori, sp. n. A key for their identification and comments on their distribution are provided. The distributions of three species are extended: H. aegyptius Efflatoun, 1937 occurs also in Jordan, H. appendiculatus Schiner, 1867 in Spain, and H. parappendiculatus Weinberg & Tsacas, 1973 in Morocco.

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