Hexamitocera Becker, 1894

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2023, Contribution to the fauna of dung flies (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia with a key to genera and a checklist of the Russian Scathophagidae, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (1), pp. 95-122 : 104-105

Genus Hexamitocera Becker, 1894

Fig. 14 .

REMARKS. Hexamitocera includes five species in the World: two are Palaearctic, two are Nearctic and

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ventral apical spur one is Holarctic. Only Holarctic species, H. loxocerata (Fallén, 1826) , is known in Russia. Diagnosis of the genus and description of H. loxocerata are given by Ozerov & Krivosheina [2015].

Figures

Figs 13–18. Head of Scathophagidae, lateral view: 13 — Delina nigrita (Fallén); 14 — Hexamitocera loxocerata (Fallén); 15 — Leptopa filiformis (Zetterstedt); 16 — Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén); 17 — Micropselapha filiformis (Zetterstedt); 18 — Mixocordylura parva Ozerov. 14 — after Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2015, fig. 3; 17 — after Ozerov, 2014, fig. 7; 18 — after Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2012a, fig. 10. Рис. 13–18. Голова Scathophagidae, сбоку: 13 — Delina nigrita (Fallén); 14 — Hexamitocera loxocerata (Fallén); 15 — Leptopa filiformis (Zetterstedt); 16 — Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén); 17 — Micropselapha filiformis (Zetterstedt); 18 — Mixocordylura parva Ozerov. 14 — по Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2015, fig. 3; 17 — по Ozerov, 2014, fig. 7; 18 — по Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2012a, fig. 10.