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Issue: Vol. 3239 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.4
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 36
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Two new species of Empis (Planempis) from Oriental China, with an updated key to species of China (Diptera: Empidoidea)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Baikoen 2-7-1-402, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, 810-0035 Japan
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Empididae Planempis new species Oriental China

Abstract

Two species, Empis (Planempis) tianmushana sp. nov. and E. (P.) zhuae sp. nov., from Zhejiang province of OrientalChina are described as new to science. An updated key to the known species of the subgenus Planempis from China is presented.

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