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Issue: Vol. 2170 No. 1: 29 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2170.1.5
Page range: 46–52
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Mediterranean species of the Medetera plumbella species group with description of a new peculiar species from Morocco (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St.Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia
Moscow State University, Zoological Museum, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Diptera Dolichopodidae Medeterinae Medetera Palearctic Mediterranean Region new species key

Abstract

The Medetera plumbella species group in the Mediterranean Region is reviewed. It comprises seven species and one subspecies including a new species Medetera varvara Grichanov & Vikhrev sp. nov. from Morocco. The species is peculiar in its fore leg decoration and sand dune habitat. A check list and revised key to species of this species group are provided.

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