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A new species of the genus Mesorhaga from the Ranomafana National Park on Madagascar is described and an identification key to three Madagascan species is provided. Mesorhaga negrobovi sp. n. is very close to M. pauliani in habitus, differing clearly in its hypopygial cercus trifurcate at the middle as opposed to cercus trifurcate at apex in M. pauliani.
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The author is sincerely grateful to the late Dr Amnon Freidberg (SMNHTAU) for providing specimens studied in this research.
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The reported study was funded by RFBR and NSFC according to the research project no. 20-54-53005. The comparative analysis of morphological characters and the preparation of illustrations were performed within the Program for Basic Scientific Research of the Government of the Russian Federation, project No. 0665-2019-0014. Two anonymous reviewers kindly commented on the earlier drafts of the manuscript.
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Grichanov, I.Y. Genus Mesorhaga Schiner, 1868 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) on Madagascar, with Description of a New Species. Entmol. Rev. 101, 705–708 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821050109
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