Cheilosia chukotana Barkalov & Mutin, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Barkalov, Anatolij V., Mutin, Valerij A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Cheilosia; Cheilosia chukotana; Anadyr; Anadyr'; Chukotka
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6133314; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6133314

Cheilosia chukotana Barkalov & Mutin sp. n. (figs 3A, 4A–D) Type material. HOLOTYPE, ♀, labeled: Russia: Chukotka, lower reaches of river Anadyr, 64,83° N, 175,96° E, 5 m above sea level, 21.0 7.2013, leg. A. Barkalov, coll. SZM. PARATYPE: Russia: 1♀, same place as holotype, 21.0 7.2013, leg. A. Barkalov, coll. SZM. Diagnosis. This species (fig. 3A) is similar to Ch. semifasciata Becker and Ch. parafasciata Barkalov, but differs in its characteristic sharply raised central knob, and by the lack of a transverse stripe and indentation in the anterior third of the frons. Cheilosia semifasciata is distributed in Europe, reaching eastwards to the Caucasus. Cheilosia parafasciata is known from the southern part of the Russian Far East (Khabarovsk and Amur Regions). Description. Female. Body length: 5.2–5.5 mm, wing length 4.9–5.1 mm. Head: Face black sharply protruding forward, shiny in lower part and with dense grey tomentum in upper part, without distinct hairs; central knob sharply raised (fig. 4A), narrow; ... : Published as part of Barkalov, Anatolij V. & Mutin, Valerij A., 2014, Two new species of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Chukotka (Northern Russian Far East), pp. 285-292 in Zootaxa 3846 (2) on pages 286-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/225452 ...