Open AccessTwo new Palaearctic species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Caucasus Mts.
Author(s) -
Jan Ježek,
Jozef Oboňa,
Peter Manko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.11
Subject(s) - biology , psychodidae , zoology , ecology , differential (mechanical device) , engineering , leishmaniasis , immunology , aerospace engineering
Psychodid specimens were sorted from samples collected during fieldwork in areas in and around the Caucasus Mountains in 2019. Thornburghiella montana sp. nov. (from Georgia) and Pericoma inopinata sp. nov. (from Azerbaijan and Georgia) are described. Differential diagnoses are given and diagnostic characters illustrated.