Abstract
A new species of Empis s. str., E. (E.) oshtenensis sp. n., is described from the Caucasus (Russia, Republic of Adygea). The new species belongs to the E. pennipes group.
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The authors are grateful to Vladimir Neimorovets (All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg – Pushkin, Russia; c/o ZISP) who produced the photo of the habitus of the new species.
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The study of I.V. Shamshev was performed within the frames of the Russian State Research Project no. 122031100272-3 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
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Shamshev, I.V., Kustov, S.Y. A New Species of the Dance Fly Subgenus Empis s. str. (Diptera, Empididae) from the Republic of Adygea. Entmol. Rev. 102, 722–725 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387382205013X
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