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Issue: Vol. 2424 No. 1: 13 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2424.1.2
Page range: 42–50
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 3

The Central Asian Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with the description of a new species from Afghanistan

I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, 15 Bogdan Chmielnicki St., 01601 Kiev, Ukraine
I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, 15 Bogdan Chmielnicki St., 01601 Kiev, Ukraine
Diptera Ulidiidae Herina new species Afghanistan Tadjikistan

Abstract

Herina odnosumi sp. nov. from Afghanistan is described and illustrated. Herina odnosumi sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Old World species by its predominantly reddish yellow body, acute flagellomere 1 and yellow to brown wing pattern. The other Central Asian species, H. monticola (Stackelberg, 1945), previously known from a Russian brief original description and a short illustrated note on its taxonomic position in is also redescribed. A key to the two species of Herina Robineau-Desvoidy occurring in Central Asia is provided.

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