A new species of Sybistroma Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Middle East with a key to West-Palaearctic species of the genus
Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Kazerani, Farzaneh
Zootaxa
2014
3866
4
572
582
7QLW
310648
Meigen, 1824
Meigen
1824
[234,529,762,787]
Insecta
Dolichopodidae
Sybistroma
Animalia
Diptera
1
573
Arthropoda
genus
Remarks. See Brooks (2005)for generic diagnosis and synonymy. Unfortunately, combining species from different genera with Sybistroma, Brooks (2005: 120)was inaccurate in checking gender endings, using all genders: masculine ( eucerus, flavus, inornatusetc.), neuter ( lorifer, obscurellum, sphenopterum) and feminine ( setosa). The gender of Sybistromacannot be neuter, as Meigen (1824)proposing a new genus, originally included Sybistroma nodicornisin the genus (a neuter gender of the name is nodicorne). Later only three species were described in this genus with clearly defined gender, all with feminine ending (none with masculine or neuter endings): S. setosaSchiner, 1862, S. americanaSchiner, 1868, and S. lenkoranica Negrobov, 1979. We follow here Schiner’s and Negrobov’s proposal, using the feminine gender for all species names.