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Issue: Vol. 1741 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1741.1.2
Page range: 24–30
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

Four new species of Saigusaia Vockeroth, 1980 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from China

Institute of Forest Protection, Zhejiang Forestry College, Linan, Zhejiang 311300, China
Institute of Forest Protection, Zhejiang Forestry College, Linan, Zhejiang 311300, China
School of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
Diptera Gnoristinae Saigusaia taxonomy China keys

Abstract

Four new species of Saigusaia Vockeroth 1980 — S. spinibarbis sp. nov., S. praegnans sp. nov., S. monacanthus sp. nov., S. aberrans sp. nov. — are described from southeast China’s of Zhejiang Province. Another species, S. taiwan is newly recorded from southwest China’s Sichuan Province. A key to Chinese species of Saigusaia is provided.

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