Gavryushin D.I. 2016. Six new species of limoniid flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Tanzania and notes on other species new to the country’s fauna // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.25. No.3: 273–286 [in English].
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009, Russia. E-mail: dmitry_gavryushin@yahoo.com
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Limoniidae, Chioneinae, Limnophilinae, Limoniinae, Trichotrimicra, Hexatoma, Medleromyia, Pilaria, Elephantomyia, Ellipteroides, Tanzania, Afrotropical region, taxonomy, description, new species, new records, new combination.
ABSTRACT. Six new species of limoniid flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) are described from Tanzania, Trichotrimicra mbeya, sp.n., Trichotrimicra odontocera, sp.n. (subfam. Chioneinae), Hexatoma (Eriocera) njombensis, sp.n., Medleromyia tanzanica, sp.n., Pilaria morogoroensis, sp.n. (subfam. Limnophilinae), and Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) catarractes, sp.n. (subfam. Limoniinae). Thirteen species are recorded as new to the fauna of Tanzania. A new combination is established, Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) difficilis (Alexander, 1920) (= Limnophila (Limnophila) difficilis Alexander, 1920), comb.n. Males of Orimarga (Orimarga) mashonensis Alexander, 1959 and Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) difficilis (Alexander, 1920), comb.n. are described for the first time, male terminalia are illustrated.