A new species of Melieria (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from the Republic of Daghestan (Russia)
T.V. Galinskaya
Abstract. Melieria daghestanica sp. nov. from Daghestan (Russia) is described. The new species resembles M. parmensis Rondani, 1869 (from Italy, Austria and Transcaucasia) and M. pseudosystata Kameneva, 1997 (from Turkmenistan and Tajikistan) but differs from them in the following combination of characters: apical crossband reaching subapical spot, spots on stigma and dMCu crossvein fused into an oblique crossband, subbasal crossband extending from R1 to Cu1, first flagellomere yellow, gena yellow with a brown spot ventral of eye margin.
Key words: picture-winged flies, taxonomy, Diptera, Ulidiidae, Melieria, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2014, 23(1): 145-149 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2014
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.145 ▪ Open full article 
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