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The paper is based on examination of the material collected by the prominent French entomologist Paul du Merle in the southwestern part of the Palaearctic Region. The material is deposited at the Museum national d’Histore naturelle, France, Paris. A total of 233 species are listed according to the classification in the world catalogues of the Bombyliidae and Mythicomyiidae. For each species the following data are given: the date of the original description, reference to the latest redescription with morphological illustrations, detailed list of the label data of the examined material, and general distribution. About 40 species have been distinguished in P. du Merle’s collection, descriptions of some of them have been published. A new genus and five new species are named after P. du Merle to commemorate this talented scientist. The publication consists of two parts. The first paper includes the data on species of the subfamilies Oligodraninae, Usiinae, Phthiriinae, Toxophorinae, Heterotropinae, Bombyliinae, Ecliminae, Crocidiinae, and Cythereinae. In the second paper, the subfamilies Anthracinae and Lomatiinae and the family Mythicomyiidae will be dealt with.
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Original Russian Text © V.F. Zaitzev, 2007, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 83–99.
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Zaitzev, V.F. Contributions to the Palaearctic fauna of the dipteran families Bombyliidae and Mythicomyiidae (Diptera): I. Entmol. Rev. 87, 159–173 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873807020054
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