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Issue: Vol. 912 No. 1: 21 Mar. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.912.1.1
Page range: 1–7
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New species of Hybos Meigen from Guangdong Province, South 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
California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA
Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Diptera Empididae Hybotinae Hybos new species Guangdong

Abstract

The following three new species of the genus Hybos Meigen, from Guangdong Province, China, are described as new to science: Hybos mangshanensis, H. nankunshanensis, H. xiaohuangshanensis. Their relationships with related species are discussed.

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