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Issue: Vol. 908 No. 1: 21 Mar. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.908.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Clinocera Meigen (Diptera: Empididae) from China

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, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Presernova 20, p.p. 290, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Diptera Empididae Clinocerinae Clinocera new species China

Abstract

Clinocera guangdongensis sp. n., a new aquatic dance fly of the subfamily Clinocerinae (Diptera, Empididae) is described from China. Relationships with other described species are discussed. The species of Clinocera from China are keyed. The biogeographic distribution of the genus in China is discussed.

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