A new species of Cyrturella Collin, 1952 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Egypt

Abstract

A new species Cyrturella nigrosetosa Grichanov, sp. n. is described from Egypt. It differs from the nominotypical species C. albosetosa (Strobl, 1909) by the following complex of characters: head and thorax with blackish brown major bristles; acrostichals small but distinct, scutellum with two pairs of setae; legs yellow-brown; hind basitarsus distinctly longer than next segment; fore tarsus short

Keywords

• Diptera
• Dolichopodidae
• Medeterinae
• Palaearctic region
• Egypt
• Cyrturella
• new species