Empis (Euempis) mikii Strobl, 1899

Shamshev, I. V., 2022, New and little-known species of dance flies the subgenus Euempis Frey (Diptera: Empididae) from Morocco and Spain, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (4), pp. 426-431 : 428

Empis (Euempis) mikii Strobl, 1899

Fig. 3 .

Empis mikii Strobl, 1899: 15 . Type-localities: Algeciras, Cardenas ( Spain).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♂, Spain, Granada , Sierra Nevada near Padul, 1300 m, 1.v.1966, L. Lyneborg ( OUMNH).

REMARKS. The specimen indicated above was identified by M. Chvála, who has recorded E. mikii from Spain and published a figure of the male genitalia [ Chvála, 1981: 117, fig. 2]. We provide a photo of the habitus of this interesting species for the first time. Empis mikii resembles externally the species of the E. tessellata group, however, based on the male genitalia it belongs to the E. ciliata group.

DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic: Spain.

Figures

Fig. 3. Empis (Euempis) mikii Strobl, 1899, male, lateral view. Рис. 3. Empis (Euempis) mikii Strobl, 1899, самец, вид сбоку.