New Species of Rhamphomyia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae) from the Palaearctic Region
Twenty-two new species of the genus Rhamphomyia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae) are described and illustrated from different parts of the Palaearctic region (mostly from East Asia): Rhamphomyia (Calorhamphomyia) iridescens sp. nov. (Mongolia, Russia); R. (Pararhamphomyia) acuticauda sp. nov. (Slovakia); R. (P.) amurensis sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) angustitibia sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) basitarsata sp. nov. (China, Russia); R. (P.) bifurcata sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) epandriata sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) globulicauda sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) haladai sp. nov. (Kazakhstan); R. (P.) indigirka sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) krivosheinae sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) morgunovka sp. nov. (Turkmenistan); R. (P.) norgensis sp. nov. (Norway, Russia); R. (P.) nudifemorata sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) plutenkoi sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) sausai sp. nov. (China); R. (P.) schachti sp. nov. (Spain); R. (P.) seticauda sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) spinicauda sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) spiraliseta sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) subcurvitibia sp. nov. (Russia); R. (P.) zeegersi sp. nov. (Russia).
Authors
- Igor Shamshev
- Miroslav Barták
Institutions
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZ)
- Zoological Institute (RU)
- All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insects
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17040363
- Primary Topic
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00