Revision of the Neocnemodon simplicipes species-group (Diptera: Syrphidae, Neocnemodon Goffe, 1944), with a description of a new species
Mutin V.A. 1
Year: 2026, Number: 555, Pages: 14-20
Four species distributed in East Asia are assigned to the Neocnemodon simplicipes species-group. Among them a new species, N. leleji sp. n., is described based on a single male from Zabaikalsky Krai. One species is transferred from genus Heringia and a new combination Neocnemodon sinica (Cheng, 1998), comb. n. is proposed. A key to the males of the Neocnemodon simplicipes species-group is also given.
DOI: 10.25221/fee.555.3
Keywords: Hoverflies, Neocnemodon, taxonomy, new species, key, Russia, Eastern Asia,
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