West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) [PDF]
A new status (as subgenera of Diostracus Loew, 1861) for Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874, Lagodechia Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1996 and Ozmena Özdikmen, 2010 stat. nov. is proposed. A new species, Diostracus (Sphyrotarsus) kustovi sp.
I. Ya. Grichanov
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Review of the Palaearctic Acomopterella Zaitzev (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Mycetophilidae)
The distribution of Acomopterella species in the Palaearctic region has been re-examined in this study, using recently collected material. The European species was found to be distributed in the eastern Palaearctic as well.
Uwe Kallweit
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A new species of soldier beetles of the genus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the Northern Caucasus, with notes on distribution of the genus [PDF]
A new species of soldier beetles of the genus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839, P. (s. str.) makarovae sp. n., is described from the vicinity of Mount Elbrus, in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.
S.V. Kazantsev
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Four new species and new records of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iranian mangroves with a key to the species known from Iran [PDF]
Four new long-legged fly species, Thinophilus albihirtus sp. n., Thinophilus albisetosus sp. n., Thinophilus nigrihirtus sp. n., and Thinophilus qeshmensis sp.
I.Ya. Grichanov, E. Gilasian
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Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae), a rarely found chalcid genus in Iran [PDF]
Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre, 1897 is a relatively small genus of the family Chalcididae and it is rarely collected in Iran. The current paper presents new data on the occurrence and distribution of the Kriechbaumerella species in Iran, representing ...
Negar Fakhrzadeh +2 more
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Critical remarks on “Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6/1. Chrysomeloidea I (Vesperidae, Disteniidae, Cerambycidae). Updated and revised second edition”, Leiden – Boston: Brill, 2020, with corrections and additions [PDF]
The second, updated edition of the Catalogue of Palaearctic cerambycids is discussed in detail. The unprecedented huge amount of gross mistakes, highly dubious and controversial data held in the first edition of the Catalogue was one of the main reasons ...
A.I. Miroshnikov
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A new species of Neurigona Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a key to species from Iran and adjacent countries [PDF]
A new long-legged fly species, Neurigona parchamii sp. n., from the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan is described and illustrated. The new species appears to be closely related to N. euchroma Negrobov, 1987 known from Uzbekistan, differing from
I.Ya. Grichanov, E. Gilasian
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Redescription of the little-known psyllid Cacopsylla dissimilis (Baeva, 1963) comb. nov. (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) from Iran [PDF]
During a faunistic survey of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in the Iranian province of Kerman in spring 2015, Cacopsylla dissimilis (Baeva) comb. nov. was collected on Salix pycnostachya.
M. R. Lashkari +2 more
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Phylogeographic characterization of scorpions of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 [PDF]
The study of zoogeographic characteristics in combination with the use of modern methods for assessing phylogenetic relationships allowed us to examine in detail the phylogeographic structure in scorpions of the genus Mesobuthus.
Poverenniy, Nikita M. +1 more
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First contribution to the knowledge of the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of Malta [PDF]
A total of 48 species of braconid wasps (excluding 16 Aphidiidae) are here reported as occurring in the Maltese Islands, of which 38 species are reported for the first time from this territory.
Papp, Jeno
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