identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039F878AFFADFFB1FF52FC776EE3192A.text	039F878AFFADFFB1FF52FC776EE3192A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meoneura merzi Ozerov et Krivosheina	<div><p>Meoneura merzi Ozerov et Krivosheina, sp. n.</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂, Kazakhstan: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=68.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=43.52" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 68.34/lat 43.52)">Kara-Tau Gebirge</a>, 15 km N Atabaj (now is Karnak, 43.52 o N, 68.34 o E), 550–700 m, 9.V 1994 (leg. B. Merz) (deposited in the collection of the MHNG). The whole specimen is macerated and stored in glycerine in a microvial.</p><p>DESCRIPTION. MALE. Head: frons dark brown, face, gena and occiput black. Setae well developed, postocellar setae slightly diverging. 1 strong bristle on vibrissal angle and additional 2 strong setae on gena present. Frons parallel. Frontal triangle reaching about half the length of the frons, not differentiated from the rest of the frons. Both postpedicels missing. Antennal grooves not deep with a small but distinct carina. Gena broad, height below eye about 1/3 of the maximum eye height. Thorax black. Scutum mostly shining, with 0+3 dorsocentral bristles. Scutellum microtrichose. Legs black. Fore femur with three posteroventral long setae. Wing is typical for Meoneura species, slightly whitish. Knob of halter dirty white. Abdomen black. Male terminalia as in Fig. 1. Surstylus V-shaped, divided in two arms: upper long and stick-like, lower wide, shorter than upper arm, with numerous hairs internally. Lamella present, simple, with long setae internally.</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.1 mm; length of wing 3.2 mm.</p><p>DISTRIBUTION. Kazakhstan.</p><p>DIAGNOSIS. Meoneura merzi can easily be recognized by the unique genitalia (Fig. 1), which are more similar to M. neotiophila Collin, 1930 (Fig. 2).</p><p>ETYMOLOGY. This species name is a patronym for Dr Berhard Merz (Geneva), collector of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F878AFFADFFB1FF52FC776EE3192A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ozerov, A. L.;Krivosheina, M. G.	Ozerov, A. L., Krivosheina, M. G. (2013): New Species Of The Genus Meoneura Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Carnidae) From Kazakh- Stan. Far Eastern Entomologist 257: 10-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10083446
