A New Species of the Genus Afrolimnophila Alexander, 1956 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Krasnodar Territory

A new species of the Oriental and Afrotropical genus Afrolimnophila is described and illustrated from the North Caucasus. Thus, the genus is recorded from the European part of Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Krasnaya Polyana) for the first time. Afrolimnophila subabludens sp. n. seems to be particularl...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inEntomological review Vol. 102; no. 8; pp. 1218 - 1223
Main Author Pilipenko, V. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.11.2022
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Endemic species
Life Sciences
New species
Zoology
terminalia
crane fly
taxonomy
Tipuloidea
Russia
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A new species of the Oriental and Afrotropical genus Afrolimnophila is described and illustrated from the North Caucasus. Thus, the genus is recorded from the European part of Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Krasnaya Polyana) for the first time. Afrolimnophila subabludens sp. n. seems to be particularly similar to the endemic Azerbaijan species A. abludens (Savchenko 1971), with which it is compared.
ISSN:0013-8738
1555-6689
DOI:10.1134/S0013873822080152