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N. dencitulatus, Loew

6. Neomochtherus nairicus

Face, frons, vertex and and the posterior surface of head covered in dense silver-whitish dust; vertex lateral hairs and ocelli bristles white; occipital bristles, facial beard bristles and “whiskers” white; palpus black with white hairs; antennae basal segments yellow, with light dust and white hairs; 3-d segment and arista black; its length almost equals total length of two basal segments; arista a bit shorter then third segment.
Mesonotum in yellow-whitish dust, short white and black hair; median brown stripe longitudinally divided by a narrow gray-dusted stripe, ends after the transverse suture of mesonotum; mesonotum with white and black bristles; dorsocentral bristles do not extend beyond transverse suture; scutellum in grey dust and quit dense white hairs, with pair of yellow-whitish bristles at the hind margin.
Femur completely black or with a yellow band, covering its hind and ventral surfaces; tibia yellow, anteriorly with dark band and more or less darkened apical part; tarsus brown-blackish.
Wings transparent; medial transverse vein located behind the middle of the discoid cell.
Abdomen in silver-greyish dust and white hairs (males tergites with black hairs); tergites laterally with white bristles; 1-st sternite with long white hairs.
Hypopygium with dense white hairs; epandrium, except for the top, cerci and basal segments of gonopods dark brown; epandrium apical parts and distal segments yellow-reddish; both halves of the epandrium from above along the distal edge in front of the apex with an elongated triangular lamellar process, at the apex along the lower edge with a cylindrical process.
Ovipositor brown-yellowish; its length is more then the length of the two preceding tergites combined.
Body length – 12-14 mm.
Ecology: known from central Aras valley deserts.
Distribution: Transcaucasia