Review of the Middle Eastern species of Dolichotachina Villeneuve, 1913 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae) with the description of a new species

Abstract

Dolichotachina separata Verves & Khrokalo, sp. n. is described based on a male from Egypt, and our knowledge of the other Middle Eastern species, Dolichotachina marginella (Wiedemann, 1830), is reviewed. The generic status of Dolichotachina vis-à-vis Metopodiella Zumpt, 1961 is discussed. A list of the 10 (including one fossil) species of Dolichotachina from the Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical regions and 9 species of Metopodiella from the Afrotropical region are presented.

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Keywords:

• Sarcophagidae
• Dolichotachina
• new species
• Palaearctic
• habits

Acknowledgements

We are most grateful to Prof Krzystof Szpila, Instytut Ekologii i Ochrony Srodowiska, Torun, Poland, for preparing the photos and his kind permission to publish them in present article. Thanks are also due to Prof Amnon Freidberg (TAU) and Mr Nigel Wyatt (NHMUK) for their kindness in sending material for the study. We are especially grateful to Dr M. Hall (NHMUK) and Mr. Adrian Pont (University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom) for their support in strengthening the manuscript.

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