<strong>Taxonomic study of the family Ptychopteridae of Japan (Diptera)</strong>

TAKEYUKI NAKAMURA; TOYOHEI SAIGUSA

doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.3.1.23

Issue: Vol. 3: 22 December 2009

Type: Article

Published: 2009-12-22

DOI: 10.11646/zoosymposia.3.1.23

Page range: 273–303

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Taxonomic study of the family Ptychopteridae of Japan (Diptera)

TAKEYUKI NAKAMURA⁺⁻
TOYOHEI SAIGUSA⁺⁻

Tochigi Prefectural Museum, Mutsumi-cho 2–2, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref., 320–0865 Japan

Baikoen 2–7–1–402, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Pref., 810–0035 Japan

Ptychoptera Bittacomorphella classification zoogeography new species

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Abstract

Japanese species of the family Ptychopteridae are revised. Two species of the genus Bittacomorphella, and ten species of the genus Ptychoptera are recognized in Japan. Four new species, Ptychoptera yamato sp. nov., P. kyushuensis sp. nov., P. ichitai sp. nov. and P. pallidicostalis sp. nov., were described. Keys to Japanese genera and species, descriptions, and illustrations are provided for all species. Systematics and zoogeography of the Japanese species of Ptychoptera are discussed.