Habropogon longiventris Loew, 1847

Lelej, Arkady S., 2017, Review of the genus Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Russia, with description of new species from Siberia, Zootaxa 4311 (3), pp. 417-425 : 420

Habropogon longiventris Loew, 1847

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Habropogon longiventris Loew, 1847: 467 , type locality "Kleinasien und die Inseln des griechischen Archipelagus"; Engel 1930: 390; Lehr, 1960: 187, ♂, ♀ (Crimea); Richter 1969: 518 (Crimea); Lehr, 1988: 241; Astakhov, 2015: 58, ♂, ♀ (Russia: Volgograd Prov., Western Kazakhstan).

Diagnosis. Body length 14.0–18.0 mm. Distance between mystax and antennal sockets much less than length of scape and pedicel combined ( Fig. 5 ). Anepisternum dorsally with macrosetae ( Fig. 6 ).

Specimens examined. Republic of Crimea, 25 km N Lenino, KaZantip Cape , [45o28'7''N 35o50'36''E], 1.VII.1979, A. Lelej, 1♀ ( IBSS) . Armenia: Khosrov Forest State Reserve, [40o1'60'' N 44o53'25'' E], 4–5.VII.1983, M. Nesterov, 1♂, 1♀ ( IBSS) .

Distribution. Russia (Volgograd Prov.), Crimea, Ukraine, France, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, AZerbaijan, Armenia, Israel, Iran, Western KaZakhstan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, 2. Habropogon appendiculatus. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Mesotarsomeres of male. 3, 4. H. latifrons. 3. Head, frontal view; 4. Anepisternum, lateral view illustrating dorsal hair patch. 5, 6. H. longiventris. 5. Head, frontal view. 6. Anepisternum, lateral view illustrating dorsal setal row.

FIGURES 22 – 23. 22. Habropogon lehri sp. nov., ♀, paratype, lateral view. 23. Distribution of Habropogon species (based on the current material and Lehr 1960, Astakhov 2015).