New and little-known species of dance flies the subgenus Euempis Frey (Diptera: Empididae) from Morocco and Spain
Author
Shamshev, I. V.
text
Russian Entomological Journal
2022
2022-12-31
31
4
426
431
http://dx.doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.31.4.14
journal article
10.15298/rusentj.31.4.14
0132-8069
13179588
Empis
(
Euempis
)
mikii
Strobl, 1899
Fig. 3
.
Empis mikii
Strobl, 1899: 15
. Type-localities: Algeciras, Cardenas (
Spain
).
MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
1 ♂
,
Spain
,
Granada
,
Sierra Nevada
near
Padul
,
1300 m
,
1.v.1966
,
L. Lyneborg
(
OUMNH
).
REMARKS. The specimen indicated above was identified by M. Chvála, who has recorded
E
.
mikii
from
Spain
and published a figure of the male genitalia [
Chvála, 1981: 117
, fig. 2]. We provide a photo of the habitus of this interesting species for the first time.
Empis mikii
resembles externally the species of the
E
.
tessellata
group, however, based on the male genitalia it belongs to the
E
.
ciliata
group.
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic:
Spain
.