An unusual new species of the genus Brachypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Eastern Asia
2018
Valerii Mutin, Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, Khabarovsky Krai, Russia | Katsuyoshi Ichige, 493 Senba, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Brachypalpus (Brachypalpus) longifacies sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Eastern Asia (Russian Far East and Japan). It differs from other species of the nominative subgenus by several unusual characters, i.e. face in profile weakly convex dorsally and concave ventrally, antennae very elongated, and abdomen with reddish transversal maculae on 2nd tergum (male) or 2nd and 3rd terga (female). A key is given for known species of the subgenus Brachypalpus.
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