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Issue: Vol. 2721 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2721.1.5
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

The Stegana (Steganina) biprotrusa species group from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510642 P. R. China
Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Cuihubeilu, Kunming, 650091 P. R. China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510642 P. R. China
Diptera biprotrusa group new species Oriental Region Stegana taxonomy

Abstract

A new species group, the biprotrusa group, is established within the subgenus Steganina of the genus Stegana, based on the development of the bifurcated plate articulating to the aedeagus and separated from the hypandrium. The group includes two known and four new species, all of which are endemic to the Oriental Region: S. (S.) angulata Chen & Chen, S. (S.) biprotrusa Chen & Aotsuka, S. (S.) acantha sp. nov., S. (S.) ancistrophylla sp. nov., S. (S.) langufoliacea sp. nov. and S. (S.) otocondyloda sp. nov. A key to all species of the group is provided.

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