Shamshev I.V. 2026. A new curious species of Empis Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Empididae) from Armenia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.35. No.2: 255–258 [in English].
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaja nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034 Russia.
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel’skogo 3, St. Petersburg – Pushkin 188620 Russia.
Igor Shamshev: shamshev@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3575-4243
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.35.2.17
ABSTRACT. A new species of the subgenus Pachymeria Stephens, 1829 of the genus Empis Linnaeus, 1758 is described and illustrated from Armenia: E. (P.) vanadzoriensis Shamshev, sp.n. A key to species of Empis (Pachymeria) known from Armenia is provided.
KEY WORDS. Empidoidea, dance flies, Pachymeria, Caucasus.