Shamshev I.V.1, Berezhnova O.N.2 2019. A new species and new records of dance flies of the subgenus Empis s.str. (Diptera: Empididae) from European Russia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.28. No.1: 86–90 [in English].
1 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. Corresponding author, E-mail: shamshev@mail.ru
2 Voronezh State University, Universitetskaya pl. 1, Voronezh 394036, Russia. E-mail: berezhnova@bio.vsu.ru
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.1.15
ABSTRACT. New data on dance flies of the subgenus Empis s.str. (Diptera: Empididae) from the central part of European Russia are provided. A new species, Empis (Empis) mediorossica sp.n., is described from Lipetskaya Province (“Galichya Gora” Nature Reserve). Eight species of Empis s.str. are recorded for the first time from Centralno-Chernozemny Nature Reserve (Kurskaya Province). Empis (Empis) bohemica Chvála et Syrovátka, 1989 and E. (E.) planetica Collin, 1927 are found for the first time from the territory of Russia (Kurskaya and Moskovskaya Provinces, respectively).
KEY WORDS. Diptera, Empididae, Empis, new species.