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New Species of the March Flies Closely Related to Bibio marci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Bibionidae)

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A complex of species closely related to Bibio marci (Linnaeus, 1758) with black bodies in both sexes was studied. The material was collected in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, North Africa (Morocco), and Canary Islands. Four new species are described: Bibio alborzensis sp. n., B. admirabilis sp. n., B. maroccanus sp. n., and B. pravdini sp. n. They differ in body coloration, wing venation, the structure and pubescence of the head in females, and the morphology of male terminalia: tergite IX, cerci, hypoproct, and aedeagus. A key to species based on the characters of both sexes is given.

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Krivosheina, N.P. New Species of the March Flies Closely Related to Bibio marci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Bibionidae). Entmol. Rev. 103, 87–102 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823010128

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