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Issue: Vol. 1054 No. 1: 27 Sep. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1054.1.5
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 41
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New species of Platypalpus from Hebei province, China (Diptera: Empididae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Diptera Empididae Tachydromiinae Platypalpus Hebei new species

Abstract

The genus Platypalpus Macquart is reported from Hebei province for the first time. The following three species are described as new to science: P. hebeiensis n. sp., P. acutatus n. sp. and P. xiaowutaiensis n. sp. A key to the species of the genus from Hebei is presented.

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