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Issue: Vol. 3489 No. 1: 19 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.3
Page range: 45–57
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 29

Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae)

Diptera Unit, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CANADA
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, GERMANY
Diptera Dolichopodidae Parathalassiinae Microphorella Palaearctic new species

Abstract

Microphorella similis Brooks, a new Palaearctic species, is described and illustrated. It is very closely related to M. praecox (Loew, 1864), the type species of the genus. The new species is known from Leuk-Pfynwald in the Swiss Alps, where it was found sympatrically with M. praecox on gravel in the floodplain of the Rhône River in May. A diagnosis and abridged redescription of M. praecox is also provided, including detailed illustrations of the male genitalia. Both M. praecox and the new species share several features in common with the recently described Tunisian species, M. cassari Gatt, 2011.

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