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Issue: Vol. 4158 No. 1: 26 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.3
Page range: 65–80
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New species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 (Dolichopodidae, Diptera) from Japan

Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Universitetskaya pl. 1, 394006, Russia.
Osaka Museum of Natural History, 1–23, Nagai Park, Higashi-sumiyoshi, Osaka 546-0034, Japan.
29-13-101, Motogou, 1-chome, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0011, Japan.
Rishiri Town Museum, Senhoshi, Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, 097-0311, Japan.
Diptera Dolichopodidae new species Hercostomus Japan

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Hercostomus Loew, 1857, are described from Japan: Hercostomus acutiformis Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago sp. nov., H. falcilis Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago sp. nov., H. flavipalpus Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Sato sp. nov., H. nigricollaris Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago sp. nov., H. spathulatus Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Sato sp. nov., H. spinitibialis Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago sp. nov. Hercostomus flaveolus Negrobov & Chalaya, 1987 is newly recorded from Japan, and Hercostomus arcticus Yang, 1996 is newly synonymized with Hercostomus flaveolus (syn. nov.). The holotype of Hercostomus flaviventris Smirnov & Negrobov, 1979 is redescribed. Hercostomus ussurianus Stackelberg is transferred to the genus Gymnopternus Loew, 1857 (stat. nov.). A key to the eleven recognized species of Japanese Hercostomus is provided.

 

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