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Issue: Vol. 4137 No. 1: 8 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.6
Page range: 85–94
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All stages of the Palaearctic predaceous midge Palpomyia schmidti Goetghebuer, 1934 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina St. 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina St. 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia
Diptera Ceratopogonidae Palpomyia schmidti larva pupa female male ecology Russia

Abstract

All stages and the ecology of the Southern Palaearctic Palpomyia schmidti collected from the vicinity of the saline Lake Elton in Russia are described and illustrated. The morphology of larvae and pupae as well as the detailed ecology of the larvae are described for the first time. P. schmidti is a halobiontic biting midge, widely distributed in the steppes and deserts of the Palaearctic region. It is proposed that the Palpomyia schmidti group should include five Holarctic species. P. downesi Grogan & Wirth, 1979 from north-western North America is recognized as a new junior synonym of the Eastern Palaearctic P. tuvae Remm, 1972. New synonymy.

 

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