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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.33
Page range: 400-406
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New species of the genus Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Kazakhstan

Belarusian State University; Faculty of Biology; Nezavisimosti; 4; Minsk; 220030; Belarus
Federal Scientific Centre of the East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok- 22 690022; Russia; Nakhchivan State University; University Campus; AZ 7012 Nakhchivan; Azerbaijan
Diptera robber flies Brachyrhopalinae key to species Palaearctic region

Abstract

Based on the examination of the robberflies collected during an expedition to Kazakhstan in 2024, a new species Habropogon storozhenkoi Sakhvon, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. An identification key for the males of the genus Habropogon from Kazakhstan is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Sakhvon, V.V. & Proshchalykin, M.Y. (2025) New species of the genus Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Kazakhstan. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 400–406. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.33