A new species and new records of Molophilus Curtis, 1833 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Western Palaearctic Region
Citation
Kolcsár L (2024). A new species and new records of Molophilus Curtis, 1833 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Western Palaearctic Region. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5466 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
Molophilus Curtis, 1833 is the most species-rich Limoniidae genus with a total number of 1006 species and subspecies, from which 97 are recorded in the Western-Palaearctic region so far. However new species are still expected from less investigated regions, like the Balkans or the Eastern Europe. In the present article, we desrcibe a new limonid crane fly species, Molophilus balcanicus Kolcsár sp. n. from the Central Balkan area (Bulgaria). This new taxa is closely related to M. serpentiger Edwards, 1938 and M. variispinus Starý, 1971 based on the external male genital structures, but differs from its siblings mostly in the structure of the inner and outer gonostylus. Additionally, a number of species are reported for the first time from various European countries, like M. variispinus Starý, 1971 and M. occultus de Meijere, 1918 from Romania; M. crassipygus de Meijere 1918, M. obsoletus Lackschewitz, 1940 and M. medius de Meijere, 1918 from Greece; M. flavus Goetghebuer, 1920 from Andorra; M. cinereifrons de Meijere, 1920 from Bulgaria and M. corniger Meijere, 1920 from Spain.Taxonomic Coverages
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Levente-Péter Kolcsároriginator
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Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
RO
email: kolcsar.peter@gmail.com
Levente-Péter Kolcsár
metadata author
position: Dr
Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
RO
email: kolcsar.peter@gmail.com
Levente-Péter Kolcsár
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position: Dr
Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
RO
email: kolcsar.peter@gmail.com