Krivosheina M.G.1*, Ozerov A.L.2, Mathis W.N.3 2024. Clarified and new data for three closely related species of the genus Ephydra Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Ephydridae): E. flavipes Macquart, 1844, E. murina Wirth, 1975 and E. pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983 // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.33. No.2: 256–264 [in English].
1 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp., 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
2 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia.
3 Department of Entomology, NHB 169, PO Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 20013-7012, USA.
* corresponding author
Marina Krivosheina dipteramarina@rambler.ru ORCID 0000-0001-9064-1378
Andrei Ozerov ozerov2455@rambler.ru ORCID 0000-0003-0889-5024
Wayne Mathis mathisw@si.edu ORCID 0000-0002-5012-1762
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.33.2.12
ABSTRACT. As a result of the study of the type specimens of Ephydra murina Wirth, 1975, new data were obtained that facilitated the correct identification of three closely related species: E. murina, E. flavipes (Macquart, 1844) and E.pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983. Two new synonyms have been proposed: Ephydra pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983 = Ephydra shalatinensis El-Moursy, Negm, El-Hawagry et Ebrahim, 2006, syn.n. and Ephydra pseudomurina Krivosheina, 1983 = Ephydra hejingensis Hu et Yang, 2001, syn.n. The distribution of the studied species in the Palearctic and Oriental Regions was clarified. The species E. flavipes was recorded for the first time in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan; E. murina was first recorded for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; E. pseudomurina is recorded for the first time in Israel. Two species, E. flavipes and E. pseudomurina, were recorded for the first time for the Oriental Region (India).
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Ephydridae, Ephydra, E. murina, E. flavipes, E. pseudomurina, morphology, distribution.