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A new species of the robber-fly genus Crobilocerus Loew, 1847 (Diptera, Asilidae) from Transcaucasia

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An illustrated description of a new species, Crobilocerus richterae sp. n., is given. The new species differs from its congeners in coloration and in details of the structure of the male genitalia.

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Correspondence to D. M. Astakhov.

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Original Russian Text © D.M. Astakhov, 2016, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2016, Vol. 95, No. 2, pp. 391–393.

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Astakhov, D.M. A new species of the robber-fly genus Crobilocerus Loew, 1847 (Diptera, Asilidae) from Transcaucasia. Entmol. Rev. 96, 361–365 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816030131

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