Two new species of Hilara (Diptera, Empididae) from northwestern Turkey

Abstract

Two new species, Hilara deryae sp. nov. (Hilara clavipes-group) and Hilara hasankoci sp. nov. (Hilara interstincta- group) are described from northwestern Turkey. The male and female stages are described, compared with related species and male genitalia and forelegs illustrated. Keys to the western Palaearctic species of Hilara clavipes-group and the Mediterranean species of Hilara interstincta-group are updated. Also the systematic position of the new species within the species groups is discussed.

Two New Species of theHilara Maura-Group (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey

“…Hilara is poorly known from Turkey, and currently is represented by only 19 known species (Çiftçi & Hasbenli 2011;Çiftçi et al (in press)). The 2 new species described in this paper represent the first records of the H. maura-group from Turkey.…”

Hilara croatica sp. nov. and inter-taxa competition between Hilara and Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) (Diptera: Empididae)

“…The identification of most of the European species of the genus Hilara is possible using the keys in monographs: Chvála (2005aChvála ( , 2008 and Chvála & Merz (2009); taking into consideration also species described more recently (Chvála, 2013;Çiftçi et al, 2008;Çiftçi & Hasbenli, 2011;Kustov et al, 2013;Kanavalová et al, 2018). l., orchard, 43°41'27''N, 16°29'44''E, leg.…”

“…The genus Hilara Meigen, 1822 is one of the three megadiverse groups within the family Empididae (dance flies, dagger flies or balloon flies), together with Empis Linnaeus, 1758 and Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822. Nearly 400 species of this genus have been described worldwide (Xiao & Yang, 2016), about 250 species are currently known from the Palaearctic region (Shamshev, 2016), out of them almost 180 from its western part (Straka, 1976;Wyatt, 2014;Chvála, 2005aChvála, , b, 2008Chvála, , 2013Chvála & Merz, 2009;Çiftçi & Hasbenli, 2011;Çiftçi et al, 2008;Kustov et al, 2013;Kanavalová et al, 2018).…”

Nemrut Dağı'ndan (Bitlis, Türkiye) iki yeni Hilara Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Empididae) türü

“…With later revisions by Chvála (2008) and Chvála & Merz (2009), this species group now includes twenty-four species from Europe and the Middle East. With additional studies by Çiftçi & Hasbenli (2011) and Çiftçi et al (2020), two new species have been added to the group and the final number of this species-group has reached twenty-six.…”