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Issue: Vol. 1808 No. 1: 23 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1808.1.4
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of the owl-fly genus Suhpalacsa Lefebvre from China (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Neuroptera Ascalaphidae Suhpalacsa new species China

Abstract

Two new species, Suhpalacsa fuscimarginata sp. nov. and Suhpalacsa fumiala sp. nov. are described. One new combination Suhpalacsa jianfanglingana (Yang, 2002) comb. nov. is also proposed. A checklist and key to Chinese species of Suhpalacsa Lefèbvre are provided.

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