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Issue: Vol. 3298 No. 1: 3 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3298.1.4
Page range: 43–52
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of the snakefly genus Inocellia Schneider, 1843 (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) from Yunnan, China

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Medical Parasitology, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1095 Vienna, Austria
P.O.Box 4680, Chongqing 400015, China
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Zweite Zoologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Raphidioptera snakefly Inocellia Yunnan China

Abstract

Two new species of the snakefly genus Inocellia Schneider, 1843 from Yunnan Province of China are described: Inocellia nigrasp. nov. and Inocellia yunnanica sp. nov. A revised key is provided for the males of all Inocellia species. The biogeographical significance of the Yunnanian refugial centre is discussed.

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