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Issue: Vol. 4358 No. 1: 28 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.8
Page range: 178–184
Abstract views: 109
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Palearctic species of the genus Gonempeda Alexander, 1924 (Diptera: Limoniidae)

Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Diptera Limoniidae Gonempeda mariya new species Caucasus Russia

Abstract

A new species of Gonempeda from Caucasus is described and illustrated. Gonempeda flava (Schummel, 1829) is recorded from Russia for the first time. An identification key of all Palearctic Gonempeda is presented.

 

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