The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part III: the interrupta species group from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence

Jia Huang; Tong Li; Hongwei Chen

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.9

Issue: Vol. 3750 No. 5: 23 Dec. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-12-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.9

Page range: 587–600

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**The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part III: the interrupta species group from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence**

Jia Huang⁺⁻
Tong Li⁺⁻
Hongwei Chen⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Wushan-lu 483, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510642, China

Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Wushan-lu 483, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510642, China

DNA barcoding Leucophenga interrupta species group new species Oriental region

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Abstract

A new species group, the interrupta group, is established within the genus Leucophenga based on two known and three new species, all of which are endemic to the Oriental region: L. interrupta Duda, 1924, L. neointerrupta Fartyal & Toda, 2005, L. bifurcata sp. nov., L. quadrifurcata sp. nov. and L. retifoliacea sp. nov. A key to the five species of the interrupta group is provided. Sixteen mtDNA COI sequences of the five species are analyzed; the molecular data are used as complementary evidence for the species boundaries defined by the morphological data.