Grichanov I.Ya. 2024. A new species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Nepal // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.2: 94–96 [in English].
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo Shosse 3, Saint-Petersburg, Pushkin 196608 Russia. E-mail: grichanov@mail.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.02.03
ABSTRACT. New material for the genus Hercostomus Loew, 1857 has been recently found and identified. Hercostomus andreyi Grichanov sp.n. from Bagmati Province of Nepal is described and illustrated; it differs from closely related species in fore tarsomeres 3–5 distinctly dilated, in shape of male cercus, hypandrial, and epandrial lobes, leaf-like setae on surstylus. 26 Hercostomus Loew species are now known from Nepal. An identification key to species of Hercostomus Loew known from Nepal is supplemented.
KEY WORDS: Dolichopodinae, Hercostomus, Indomalayan realm, new species.