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Biogeographic Anomalies in Shore Flies as Revealed in Revision of the Shore-Fly Genus Subpelignus Papp (Diptera: Ephydridae)

2022

Subpelignus Papp is revised, including description of (1) a new species, S. gagnei Zatwarnicki and Mathis (New Zealand. North Island. ND: Whananaki South (35°31.1'S, 174°27.2'E); (2) two new combinations, Subpelignus antennalis (Aldrich, 1931) and Subpelignus limosinus (Becker, 1896); (3) a new synonym, S. hortobagensis Papp, 1983 = S. limosinus Becker; and (4) description of a new subgenus, Niratissa Zatwarnicki and Mathis, for S. maculipennis Mathis and Zatwarnicki. Descriptions of revised and the newly described species include some of the first illustrations of structures of the male terminalia. Detailed locality data for all species examined are provided. For perspective and to facilit…