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Igor Ya. Grichanov, Dr.Sc., All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection (196608, Russia, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Podbelskogo St. 3); e-mail: grichanov@mail.ru

Grichanov I.Ya. 2020. A new species of Pseudoparaclius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa. Nature Conservation Research 5(2): 103–108. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2020.012

The genus Pseudoparaclius is endemic to the Afrotropical Region. Pseudoparaclius manningi sp.n. is described from the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province of the Republic of South Africa; a key to the nine known southern African species of Pseudoparaclius is provided. P. manningi male differs from other species of the genus in mostly brown-black femora, unmodified podomeres without remarkable setae, strongly elongated clypeus, and morphology of hypopygium. New data on the type species of the genus, P. brincki, are also given.

Afrotropical, Dolichopodinae, KwaZulu-Natal, Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area, Pseudoparaclius manningi, taxonomic key

Received: 04.02.2020. Revised: 19.02.2020. Accepted: 25.02.2020.

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