Eumerus longitarsis Peck, 1979

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Eumerus longitarsis Peck, 1979 Fig. 4F

Notes.

This species was described from Tajikistan and is known from Asia Minor and south-central Asia. This species is likely to consist of a complex of closely related species in this region (Doczkal pers. comm.).

Material examined.

Holotype ♂ Eumerus longitarsis Peck , 1979: " Tajikistan, Hissar mountains / Takob ravine / Tian Shan h = 1700 m / leg. 23.vii.1976 ", “399”, " Holotypus ♂ / Eumerus / longitarsis Peck" ( ZISP).

Additional material: "[ Russia] So.[uthern] Primor’e [Primorsky Krai] / Kamenushka / A.Shatalkin [leg.]", 1♂ ( USNM).

Diagnosis.

Male. Ocellar triangle equilateral. Face with black pile. Constriction of the elongated metafemur is located in posterior half. Metatarsus remarkably longer than metatibia (Fig. 2F). Anterior lobe of surstylus with multiple rows of long pilosity (see fig. 6 in Peck 1979). Abdomen black, without red markings.