Two new West Palaearctic species of Atelestus Walker (Diptera, Atelestidae) and new distributional records of the family

Liliana Kanavalová; Štěpán Kubík; Miroslav Barták

doi:10.3897/zookeys.955.53698

Two new West Palaearctic species of Atelestus Walker (Diptera, Atelestidae) and new distributional records of the family

Zookeys. 2020 Aug 5:955:147-158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.955.53698. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Liliana Kanavalová¹, Štěpán Kubík¹, Miroslav Barták¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic.

Abstract

Atelestus turcicus Barták, sp. nov. (Turkey) and Atelestus ibericus Barták, sp. nov. (Spain) are described and illustrated. A key to all known Palaearctic species of Atelestus is provided and the main diagnostic characters are discussed. The female of Nemedina acutiformis Carles-Tolrá, 2008 is described for the first time. New distributional records are presented: Atelestus dissonans Collin, 1961 - first records from Spain and Bulgaria, A. pulicarius (Fallén, 1816) - first record from Turkey, Nemedina alamirabilis Chandler, 1981 - first record from Bulgaria and N. acutiformis Carles-Tolrá, 2008 - first record from Turkey.

Keywords: Atelestidae; Atelestus; Diptera; Nemedina; Europe; descriptions; taxonomy.

Liliana Kanavalová, Štěpán Kubík, Miroslav Barták.