New species of Rhamphomyia (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey with a key to species of the Middle East and adjacent territories

Abstract

Rhamphomyia (s. str.) academica sp. nov. (Turkey) and R. (s. str.) soukupi sp. nov. (Turkey) are described and illustrated. Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) cimrmani Barták, 2006, is re-described and the female is newly described. The first records of Rhamphomyia (s. str.) argentata von Röder, 1887 and R. (Pararhamphomyia) intersita Collin, 1960 are reported from Turkey. A key to species of Rhamphomyia from the Middle East is presented.

The first record of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) intersita (Diptera: Empididae) in Europe

“…Almost 600 species, distributed mostly in the Northern Hemisphere have been described worldwide (e.g. Yang et al, 2007;Barták, 1982Barták, , 2007Barták et al, 2007;Barták & Kubík, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015Barták et al, 2014;Saigusa, 2012), but many more await description. Collin (1960) from Palestine and for a long time it was known only from the area close to the type locality (Barták & Kubík, 2009).…”

“…Collin (1960) from Palestine and for a long time it was known only from the area close to the type locality (Barták & Kubík, 2009). Recently it was recorded from south-west Turkey (Barták et al, 2014). The species was redescribed and illustrated in details by Barták & Kubík (2009).…”

Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)

“…Almost 600 species, distributed mostly in the Northern Hemisphere have been described worldwide (Yang et al 2007; Barták 2007; Barták et al 2007; Barták and Kubík 2008a, b, c, 2009, 2010, 2012; Saigusa 2012; Barták et al 2014), but many more await description.…”