<strong>A new species of <em>Heterangaeus</em> Alexander, 1925 crane flies (Diptera: Pediciidae) from north-central Mongolia with first description of the larva for the genus</strong>

SIGITAS PODENAS; VIRGINIJA PODENIENE; JON GELHAUS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.6

Issue: Vol. 3814 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-09

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.6

Page range: 259–274

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**A new species of Heterangaeus Alexander, 1925 crane flies (Diptera: Pediciidae) from north-central Mongolia with first description of the larva for the genus**

SIGITAS PODENAS⁺⁻
VIRGINIJA PODENIENE⁺⁻
JON GELHAUS⁺⁻

Department of Zoology of Vilnius University, Ciurlionio str. 21/27 and Research Associate, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA1910-1195. Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

Department of Zoology of Vilnius University, Ciurlionio str. 21/27 and Research Associate, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA1910-1195.

Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA1910-1195.

Heterangaeus mongolicus ovipositor larval morphology Japan Mongolia

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Abstract

A new species of Pediciidae, Heterangaeus mongolicus is described from specimens collected during the fieldwork of the Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey Project in north-central Mongolia, Tov Aimag (district). Descriptions and illustrations of the distinguishing morphological features are provided. Habitat information is presented. Female ovipositor and larvae of Heterangaeus are described and illustrated for the first time. This discovery of Heterangaeus in Mongolia represents a 1700 kilometer extension of the known distribution for the genus.