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A review of robber-flies of the genera Trichardopsis Oldroyd, 1958 and Udenopogon Becker, 1913 (Diptera, Asilidae) and a description of the new palaearctic tribe Udenopogonini trib. n.

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A new tribe, Udenopogonini trib. n., is erected for Udenopogon Becker, 1913 and Trichardopsis Oldroyd, 1958. Detailed photographs of the external structures of Trichardopsis dolicharista Lehr, 1963, T. richteri Oldroyd, 1958, and Udenopogon inscriptus Becker in Becker et Stein, 1913 are given. Details of the male genitalia in the genus Trichardopsis Oldroyd, 1958 are illustrated for the first time.

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    D. M. Astakhov

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Original Russian Text © D.M. Astakhov, 2016, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2016, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 892–896.

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Astakhov, D.M. A review of robber-flies of the genera Trichardopsis Oldroyd, 1958 and Udenopogon Becker, 1913 (Diptera, Asilidae) and a description of the new palaearctic tribe Udenopogonini trib. n.. Entmol. Rev. 96, 1119–1126 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816080170

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