Abstract
Nine species of genus Heteropogon Loew, 1847 are reviewed. Heteropogon ater Sakhvon sp. nov. (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan) and H. hiemalis Sakhvon sp. nov. (Turkmenistan) are described and illustrated. A new synonymy is proposed for Heteropogon filicornis (Loew, 1871) = Cyrtopogon leleji Lehr, 1998, syn. nov. The status of Heteropogon lugubris mesasiaticus Lehr, 1970 is upgraded to species level that of mesasiaticus. The distribution of some species is increased. A key to males of the species is given.
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