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ABSTRACT This paper is based on a revision of recent collections (about 100 specimens) housed at Tel Aviv University, the Natural History Museum (London) and Zoological Institute (Saint Petersburg). Short characteristics of the genus Senotainia Macquart, 1846, descriptions of 4 new species, designations of 3 lectotypes, and one new synonym, key and comments of all Middle Eastern species are given. S. flava Verves and Khrokalo, sp. n., S. laetans Verves and Khrokalo, sp. n. and S. similis Verves and Khrokalo, sp. n. are described from Israel, and one (S. paradeserta Verves and Khrokalo, sp. n.) – from Israel and Egypt. One new synonym is given: S. deserta = S. deserta aegyptiaca, syn. n. The lectotypes are designated for S. caspica, S. gobica, and S. turkmenica. Paralectotype is designated for S. gobica. Fourteen species of Senotainia are known from the Middle East, in particular from Cyprus (1 species), Egypt (6, including 1 firstly recorded), Iran (5), Israel (10, including 9 firstly recorded), Jordan (2), Saudi Arabia (2, including 1 firstly recorded), Syria (1), Turkey (4), and United Arab Emirates (1). http://www.zoobank.org//urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:99C97961-87BF-4D8F-8CB1-FDC81591821A
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