Empis (Polyblepharis), 1909

Shamshev, I. V., 2023, Dance flies (Diptera: Empididae) in A. P. Fedtschenko’s Collection from Turkestan: Empis subgenus Polyblepharis, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (2), pp. 221-233 : 233

Empis (Polyblepharis) sp. 1

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Tajikistan. Varzaminor [alternative spelling Varzimanor, now Ayni], 9.vi.1869 [A. Fedtschenko] (1 ♀, ZMMU).

REMARKS. This new species is represented by single specimen (female). It was not named and described due to the absence of the male. The species can be readily distinguished from all other members of Polyblepharis by a combination of the following characters: halter with brown knob; palpus brown; thorax with four vittae, black setose, acrostichal setae biserial, dorsocentral setae uniserial; legs entirely brown.

Acknowledgements. I am indebted to Andrey Ozerov (ZMMU) and Anatoly Barkalov (SZMN) for the loan of specimens used in this study. This study was performed within the frames of the Russian State Research Project no. 122031100272-3 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.