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Three New Species of Dance Flies of the Subgenus Empis (Polyblepharis) (Diptera, Empididae) from Kazakhstan and Eastern Siberia

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Three new species of dance flies (Diptera, Empididae) of the subgenus Polyblepharis Bezzi, 1909 of the genus Empis Linnaeus, 1758 are described and illustrated: E. (P.) bartakisp. n. (Kazakhstan), E. (P.) dulkeitisp. n. (Russia (Krasnoyarsk Territory)), and E. (P.) ozerovisp. n. (Kazakhstan).

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Shamshev, I.V. Three New Species of Dance Flies of the Subgenus Empis (Polyblepharis) (Diptera, Empididae) from Kazakhstan and Eastern Siberia. Entmol. Rev. 97, 1368–1377 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873817090159

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