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Issue: Vol. 4985 No. 4: 16 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.11
Page range: 582–594
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Two new Palaearctic species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Caucasus Mts.

National Museum, Department of Entomology, Cirkusová 1740, CZ – 193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
University of Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology, 17. novembra 1, SK – 081 16 Prešov, Slovakia
University of Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology, 17. novembra 1, SK – 081 16 Prešov, Slovakia
Diptera Taxonomy, new montane taxa, Thornburghiella, Pericoma, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia, Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Psychodid specimens were sorted from samples collected during fieldwork in areas in and around the Caucasus Mountains in 2019. Thornburghiella montana sp. nov. (from Georgia) and Pericoma inopinata sp. nov. (from Azerbaijan and Georgia) are described. Differential diagnoses are given and diagnostic characters illustrated.

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