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Issue: Vol. 5257 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.12
Page range: 160-169
Abstract views: 228
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Two new species and one newly recorded species of Tachinidae from Chongqing, China (Diptera: Calyptratae)

Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
Diptera tachinid fly taxonomy Billaea Leskia Yintiaoling

Abstract

Tachinid specimens (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, Oriental China were collected and examined, two species are recognized and new to science, Billaea yintiaoling sp. nov., Leskia flavitugula sp. nov., and L. miranda Mesnil is newly recorded for China. Here their descriptions, illustration and keys to species of Chinese species of Billaea and Leskia are provided. The specimens in this study are kept in the Insect Collection, Shenyang Normal University, China (SYNU).

 

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