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Issue: Vol. 1751 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1751.1.6
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 1

The second species of the Chinese Panorpodidae (Mecoptera), Panorpodes brachypodus sp. nov.

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Integrated Management, Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Integrated Management, Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Mecoptera Panorpodidae Panorpodes new species Chongqing China

Abstract

Panorpodes brachypodus Tan et Hua sp. nov. from Beibei, Chongqing, China is described and illustrated. It is the second species of Panorpodidae from China. A key to the known species of the genus Panorpodes MacLachlan is also provided.

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