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Issue: Vol. 4254 No. 3: 18 Apr. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.1
Page range: 301–321
Abstract views: 69
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Sepedon (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) species from China, with notes on taxonomy and distribution

Beijing Museum of Natural History, No. 126 Tianqiao South Street, Beijing 100050, China.
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Acalyptratae key taxonomy Oriental

Abstract

All eight species of the genus Sepedon Latreille (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) known from China are reviewed and keyed, with diagnoses, photographs, and discussion. Geographic distributions of all species are updated and discussed, and distribution maps are presented. Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli) is recorded for the first time as occurring in China.

 

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