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Genus and species information.
Lonchaea vikhrevi
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LonchaeinaeGenus: Lonchaea
SUMMARY
With bare eyes, a single row of anterior genal setae, partly pale tarsi, dark fringed calypteres, bare scutellar disc and a single stigmatical setae this species belongs to the L. mallochi species group within the genus Lonchaea. This group contains some nine European species many of which can only be definitely identified from examination of the male genitalia. Within that group the presence of more than one yellow tarsomere and, in the genitalia, with the surstylus projecting beyond the shell of the epandrium and having an obvious recurved posterio-ventral projection this species shows greatest similarity with L. helvetica MacGowan 2001. It can however be easily distinguished from that species by the structure of the phallus which in L. helvetica is two segmented with the apical segment long and sinuous whilst in L. vikhrevi it is not segmented.