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Issue: Vol. 1848 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1848.1.3
Page range: 27–36
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

Revision of the Stegana nigrolimbata species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Oriental Region

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, P. R. China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, P. R. China
Diptera Diagnosis nigrolimbata group Oriental Region Stegana taxonomy

Abstract

The Stegana nigrolimbata species group from the Oriental Region is revised, and composed of seven species, five newly described, S. (S.) belokobylskiji Sidorenko from Vietnam, S. (S.) nigrolimbata Duda, S. (S.) brevibarba sp. nov. and S. (S.) xiaoleiae sp. nov. from south China, S. (S.) capillaria sp. nov., S. (S.) longibarba sp. nov. and S. (S.) multiclavata sp. nov. from east Malaysia. A key to the all species of the group is provided.

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