Figs 9, 10, 12, 14– 21.
apicalis Meigen, 1826: 236 (Cordylura). Type-locality: not given.
Remarks. The species was mentioned by Gorodkov (1986: 20) for the European part of Russia without indicating a specific locality and by Humala & Polevoi (2009: 71) from Karelia; and then recorded in the Russian Far East by Ozerov & Krivosheina (2014 b: 206).
Material examined. Altay: Lake Teletskoe, Artybash (~ 51.7925 N 87.2594 E), 17.V. 2009, V. Zinchenko (1 ♂, in ISEA); Archangelsk Oblast: bald Teni-Seda (68.1488 N 51.8238 E), 3.VIII. 1978, Gorodkov (2 ♂♂, ZISP); Astrakhan Oblast: Baskunchak salt lake (48.193 N 46.813 E), 2–4.V. 2010, K. Tomkovich (1 ♀, ZMUM); Ikryanoe (46.112 N 47.767 E), 10.V. 2010, K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, ZMUM); Zyuzino (45.751 N 47.678 E), 8–9.V. 2010, K. Tomkovich (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Bashkiria: Irgizly (52.9591 N 57.0241 E), 12.VI. 1899, Yakobson & Shmidt (1 ♀, ZISP); Chelyabinsk Oblast: 63 km NNW of Chelyabinsk (55.8 N 61.03 E), 17–19.V. 1992, M. Krivosheina (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Karelia: Primorskiy (66.5463 N 33.1036 E), 5.VII. 2010, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♀, ZMUM); Kizhi (62.0663 N 35.2377 E), 19.VI. 1979, Gorodkov (1 ♀, ZISP); Khabarovsk Kray: Manoma River (49.44 N 137.41 E), 8.VI. 2014, N. Vikhrev (1 ♀, ZMUM); Khicha River (49.05 N 139.43 E), 690 m, 10.VI. 2014, N. Vikhrev (1 ♀, ZMUM); Komi: Ust-Tsilma (65.4407 N 52.1534 E), 9.VIII. 1978, Gorodkov (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZISP); Inta (66.0362 N 60.1628 E), 7.VII. 1961, Gabova (1 ♀, ZISP); Krasnodar Kray: Sochi/Khosta (43.5233 N 39.8797 E), 19.V. 2011, D. Gavryushin (1 ♀, ZMUM); Kursk Oblast: Oboyan' (51.1919 N 36.3123 E), 20 – 21, 25– 26.V., 6.IX. 2007, A.L. Ozerov (3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, ZMUM); Leningrad Oblast: Gatshina (ca. 59.56 N 30.13 E), 24.V. 1940, A. Stackelberg (1 ♀, ZISP); Gobzhitsy (ca. 58.83 N 30.13 E), 10.VIII. 1931, A. Stackelberg (1 ♀, ZISP); Jukki (ca. 60.11 N 30.29 E), 13 and 20.VI. 1928, A. Stackelberg (1 ♂, ZISP); Luga (ca. 58.73 N 29.84 E), NW Tolmatschevo, 19.VII. 1935, A. Stackelberg (1 ♂, ZISP); Yaschera (58.8945 N 29.8206 E), 5.VI. 1963, A. Stackelberg (1 ♀, ZISP); Moscow and Moscow Oblast: Izmaylovo (55.7867 N 37.8350 E), 15.V., 3.VII. 1983, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Andreevskoe (55.9755 N 35.6039 E), 1.VIII. 2011, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, ZMUM); Burtsevo (55.9817 N 35.5982 E, 55.9755 N 35.5897 E), 5.VIII.2007, 29.V. 2010, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Burtsevo (55.9377 N 37.3886 E), 13.V. 2010, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♀, ZMUM); Dmitrov env. (56.3163 N 37.7258 E), 28.VI.2007, 27.V. 2009, N.Vikhrev (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Ivanovskoe (55.9256 N 35.6056 E), 17.VII. 2007, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, ZMUM); Lugovaya (56.2037 N 37.8233 E), 26.VI. 1993, A.L. Ozerov (2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Naro-Fominsk (55.3729 N 36.7578 E), 30.V.2006, 14.V. 2010, D. Gavryushin (3 ♂♂, ZMUM); Nizhegorod Oblast: Dzerzhinsk (56.21 N 43.62 E), 16.VIII. 2009, N. Vikhrev (1 ♀, ZMUM); Novosibirsk: (54.8250 N 83.1141 E), 18. VI. 2009, O. Kosterin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Omsk Oblast: near River Irtysh (54.99 N 73.32 E), 8.VI. 2007, O. Kosterin (1 ♀, ZMUM); Rostov Oblast: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (48.2930 N 40.2574 E), 22–25.V. 2011, D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Tyumen' Oblast: Lake Varchaty (64.8618 N 68.87681 E), 27.VIII. and 2.IX. 1925, Fridolin (3 ♂♂, ZISP); Shapsha env. (61.085 N 69.458 E), 1–4.VIII. 2010, K. Tomkovich (3 ♂♂, ZMUM).
Diagnostic description. Body-length 4.2–7.2 mm. Fore coxa completely yellow, femora yellow in ground color: fore femur yellow, often with black stripe anteriorly, mid and hind femora yellow with black spot apically; male femora with black hairs ventrally. Sternites 4 and 5 as in Figs 20, 17. Epandrium, cerci and surstyli as in Figs 18, 19. Ovipositor as in Figs 14–16.
Distribution. Russia (Fig. 21): Altay, Archangelsk Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Bashkiria, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kamchatka Kray, Karelia, Khabarovsk Kray, Komi, Krasnodar Kray, Kursk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Nizhegorod Oblast, Novosibirsk, Omsk Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Tyumen' Oblast.—Europe (widespread), Asia (Iraq, Mongolia).