Habropogon mesasiaticus Lelej 2017, stat. nov.
Creators: name: Lelej, Arkady S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Habropogon
Habropogon mesasiaticus

description: Habropogon mesasiaticus Lehr, 1960, stat. nov.
Figs 7–11, 23
Habropogon verticalis mesasiaticus Lehr 1960: 191, ♂, ♀, lectotype (designated here), ♂, Kazakhstan, Almaty Prov.; 1988: 242.
Diagnosis. (Figs 9, 10). Body length: 6.5–12.5 (lectotype 7.0) mm. Palpus black with long white hairs which are shorter than those in mystax. Mystax with white setae, upper margin roundish in frontal view, reaching antennal sockets, distance between mystax and antennal sockets longer than length of scape and pedicel combined (Fig. 7). Antenna reddish, sometimes apical half brownish, scape and pedicel with some white setae. Postocular setae numerous, uniformly distributed. Thorax black. Postpronotal lobe, usually ante-, postpronotum and some parts of sclerites reddish. Scutum with short white hairs. Anepisternum anterodorsally and postpronotal lobe with long white hairs (Fig. 8). Dorsocentral setae few in number (less than 5). Scutellum on margin with long capillaceous white setae (about 20 or more). Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus reddish, hind femur dorsally with dark stripe, usually fore- and midfemur with stripe, apical tarsomeres brownish. Tergites black with greyish tomentum, usually posteriorly and laterally reddish, with short white hairs, last tergite posteriorly with long dense hairs. Hypopygium reddish, slightly turned (Fig. 11).
Specimens examined. Type material. Lectotype (designated here), ♂: Kazakhstan: Almaty Prov., near Kapchagay, [43o51'27''N 77o1'35''E], 26.VI.1952, P. Lehr (IBSS). Other material. Russia: Tuva, 27 km SSE ErZin, Tore-Kol Lake, [50o1'16''N 95o12'30''E], 11.VII.2014, A. Lelej, M. Proshchalykin & V. Loktionov, 2♂. Kazakhstan: Almaty Prov., Ayakkalkan, [43o57'45''N 77o1'54''E], 14–20.VII.1960, N. Skopin, 2ƍ; Mulaly, Ergen- Su, [45o35'48''N 78o34'37''E], 4–13.VI.1965, G. Nikolaev, 10♂, 5ƍ; Kapchagay, [43o51'27''N 77o1'35''E], 25.VI.1972, P. Lehr, 1ƍ; same place, 18–19.VI.1976, P. Lehr, 1♂, 3ƍ; Nikolaevka, [43o41'35''N 77o6'18''E], 24.V.1979, N. KurZenko, 3♀. South KaZakhstan Prov., south-eastern KyZylkum, [40o53'59''N 68o31'33''E], 24.V.1959, P. Lehr, 1♂; same place, 17.V.1960, P. Lehr, 3♂; same place, 18–25.V.1961, P. Lehr, 4♂, 2ƍ; same place, 6–18.VI.1961, G. Nikolaev, 3♂; Shardara, [41o21'18''N 67o54'49''E], 11–13.V. 1979, V. KaZenas, 1♂. QyZylorda, [44o50'20''N 65o35'27''E], 7.VI.1964, M. Malkovskiy, 2♀. Jambyl Prov., Chu River, Muyunkum, Zhelyakol Lake, [44o16'12''N 72o45'25''E], 4.VI.1969, P. Lehr, 2ƍ; Muyunkum, Kamkaly Lake, [44o16'12''N 72o45'25''E], 5, 6.VI.1969, P. Lehr, 3ƍ; Kokuydynkol River, [44o16'12''N 72o45'25''E], 2.VI.1969, P. Lehr, 2♂, 3ƍ; Furmanovka, [44o15'50''N 72o43'46''E], 30.V.1969, P. Lehr, 2♀. Aktobe Prov., Chelkar, [47o49'9''N 59o40'51''E], 15.VI.1971, G. Nikolaev, 1♂. Turkmenistan: Repetek, [38o41'58''N 63o13'22''E], 26.IV.1966, Zinov’eva, 1♂; same place, 22–31.V.1976, A. Lelej & N. Kurzenko, 4♂, 10ƍ; 25 km East of Ashgabat, [37o59'14''N 58o43'46''E], 20– 21.VI.1976, A. Lelej & N. Kurzenko, 2♂, 2ƍ; Ashgabat, Karakum, [38o39'55''N 58o6'1''E], 29.V.1985, A. Lelej, 2♂. Western Karakum, Akhcha-Kuyma, [40o41'52''N 55o13'44''E], 2–3.VI.1976, A. Lelej, 1♂, 2ƍ; same place, 30.V.1985, A. Lelej, 1ƍ; Dzhu-Dzhu-Klu, [37o38'18''N 60o40'50''E], 50 km NE TedZhen, 24.V.1985, A. Lelej, 1♂, 2♀. Uzbekistan: DZharkurgan, [37o31'31''N 67o24'7''E], 5.V.1987, A. Lelej, 9♂, 4♀. (All material in IBSS).
Distribution. Russia (new record): Eastern Siberia (Tuva), KaZakhstan, Turkmenistan (new record), UZbekistan (new record), Mongolia.
description: Published as part of Lelej, Arkady S., 2017, Review of the genus Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Russia, with description of new species from Siberia, pp. 417-425 in Zootaxa 4311 (3) on pages 420-421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/847944