The Hilara species described by L. Oldenberg, with description of a new species from Lapland (Diptera: Empididae)

Three species of Hilara Meigen, described by L.Oldenberg in 1916 (H. caerulescens, H. coracina, H. perversa), are redescribed and the lectotypes are designated. Hilara borealis Oldenberg (new name proposed by Oldenberg for the alpine Hilara czernyi Strobl, 1910, not Strobl, 1909) is shown to be a ta...

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Published in:Entomologica Fennica
Main Author: Chvála, Milan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 2002
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/84138
https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84138
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Summary:Three species of Hilara Meigen, described by L.Oldenberg in 1916 (H. caerulescens, H. coracina, H. perversa), are redescribed and the lectotypes are designated. Hilara borealis Oldenberg (new name proposed by Oldenberg for the alpine Hilara czernyi Strobl, 1910, not Strobl, 1909) is shown to be a taxon comprising two geographically different populations, that from northern Fennoscandia is described as new to science, Hilara lapponica sp.n. The main differential features of all species are illustrated. Epigamic behaviour and swarming activity is described for H. borealis.