Cheilosia ( Montanocheila ) caucasogenita Kuznetzov, 1997

Bot, Sander, Mengual, Ximo, Meutter, Frank Van de & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2025, Review of the genus Cheilosia Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Caucasus, with the description of 14 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1023, pp. 1-181 : 157

Cheilosia ( Montanocheila) caucasogenita Kuznetzov, 1997

Cheilosia caucasogenita Kuznetzov, 1997: 199 .

Cheilosia caucasogenita – Barkalov & Mutin 2018: 485.

Remarks

Kuznetzov (1997) described C. caucasogenita based on three females from three different countries, namely Armenia (Meghri district = Syunik Province), Georgia (Bakuriani near Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti), and Russia ( North Ossetia-Alania). The original description by Kuzentzov fits both C. rufa sp. nov. and C. subpictipennis . Our new species C. rufa is described from Samtskhe-Javakheti (Sakire, ca 25 km W of Bakuriani in the Borjomi area) and we have collected C. subpictipennis from Borjomi N.P. in Samtskhe-Javakheti and from Lutkhubi in Mtskheta-Mtianeti ( 125 km NE of Bakuriani). The females of C. rufa and C. subpictipennis cannot be identified on the basis of morphology and the help of DNA barcodes is needed. Because the male of C. caucasogenita is not described it remains impossible to assess the identity of C. caucasogenita and therefore we regard it as a nomen dubium.