New species and records of the Rhamphomyia subgenus Holoclera (Diptera, Empididae) from the Palaearctic Region Author Shamshev, Igor V. 0000-0003-3575-4243 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg - Pushkin, Russia shamshev@mail.ru Author Barták, Miroslav Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-23 5512 4 512 530 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.3 1175-5326 13849159 45911D23-1EED-4DE4-987A-F806B309AD79 Rhamphomyia ( Holoclera ) helvetica Barták & Kubík Rhamphomyia ( Holoclera ) helvetica Barták & Kubík, 2012: 392 , fig. 3. Type-locality: GE, Cartigny/Moulin de vert, 350 m ( Switzerland ). Material examined. FRANCE . 50 km SW Paris , For. Rambouillet [ 48.667°N 1.814°EW], 23.v.1999 , B.J. Sinclair ( 3 ♂ , 5 ♀ , CNC ) . GERMANY . Bonn , Kottenforst [ 50.672°N 7.078°E ], 26.v.2001 , B.J. Sinclair ( 7 ♂ , 1 ♀ , CNC ) ; Schuld , Ahr Valley , 300 m , Dreisbach [ 50.432°N 6.854°E ], 16–17.vi.2001 , B.J. Sinclair ( 1 ♂ , CNC ) . Distribution. Europe: France , Germany , Spain , Switzerland . Remarks. Rhamphomyia ( H. ) helvetica belongs to the R . ( H .) nigripennis group. This species was known only after the type material collected in Spain and Switzerland . This is the first record of this species from France and Germany .