Revision of European species of the Empis (s. str.) pennipes group of species (Diptera: Empididae), with descriptions of five new species from the Mediterranean and the Caucasus
2011
Abstract
The Empis pennipes group of species is clearly defined, and is represented by large sized species with simple large male genitalia with a long free aedeagus, and long slender unmodified legs. Western Palaearctic species of this group of the subgenus Empis s. str. (Diptera: Empididae), with Empis pennipes LINNAEUS, 1758 as type of the genus, are revised.
Altogether 13 species are recognized, of which five are described as new for science: one (Empis provencalis spec. nov.) from western Switzerland and the southeast of France, and four species from the Caucasus: Empis caucasidecora spec. nov., Empis brendae spec. nov., Empis aceponti spec. nov., and Empis planti spec. nov. A key to the species of this group is given.