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A new species of Hellichiella (Diptera: Simuliidae) with 11-segmented antenna from the Eocene

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  • 1. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Bogdana Khmel’nitskogo 15, Kiev, 01601 Ukraine. Email: perkovsk@gmail.com
  • 2. Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Voli Ave. 13, Lutsk, 43025 Ukraine. Email: suhomlinkb@gmail.com

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We synonymize Hellichiella pugach Perkovsky & Sukhomlin, 2015 with Gre­niera yankovskyi Perkovsky & Sukhomlin, 2015 (Stegopterniini) based on the holotype and female paratype of H. pugach (Stegopterniini). Hellichiella po­lessica n. sp. differs from Hellichiella oligocenica (Rubtsov, 1936) (the only species of Hellichiella known in Baltic amber) by its smaller body, narrower head, 11-segmented antenna, greater number of upper corneal facets, cylindrical metabasitarsus, and narrowed gonostylus. Our findings show three species of blackflies in Rovno amber: Greniera ukrainica Perkovsky & Sukhomlin, 2015 and G. yankovskyi Perkovsky & Sukhomlin, 2015 (Stegopterniini) and Hel­li­chi­ella polessica n. sp. (Nevermanniini).

 

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