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Issue: Vol. 3754 No. 4: 16 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.6
Page range: 450–460
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 3

A new Loewia Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Turkey, with taxonomic and nomenclatural remarks on congeners

Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale (CNBFVR) – Corpo Forestale dello Stato, via Carlo Ederle 16/a, 37100 Verona, Italy
Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale (CNBFVR) – Corpo Forestale dello Stato, via Carlo Ederle 16/a, 37100 Verona, Italy
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Loewia new species nomenclature Palaearctic Tachinidae taxonomy Turkey

Abstract

The new species Loewia papei sp. nov. from southern Anatolia (Turkey) is described, illustrated and compared with congeners. A brief diagnosis of Loewia Egger is provided and the systematics of the genus are discussed. Loewia nudigena Mesnil, 1972 is fixed as the type species of Fortisia Rondani, 1861 (junior synonym of Loewia). A full list of previously known valid species of Loewia is provided along with information on primary types, type repositories (where known), and type localities. A lectotype is designated for Thrychogena brevifrons Rondani, 1856 (= Loewia brevifrons (Rondani, 1856)).