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Issue: Vol. 1917 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1917.1.2
Page range: 19–37
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Species of Chrysotimus Loew from Nepal (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Haidian, Beijing 100094, China
7-1-402, Baikoen 2-Chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, 810-0035 Japan
Lake Biwa Museum, 1091 Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga, 525–0001 Japan
Diptera Dolichopodidae Chrysotimus new species Nepal

Abstract

The genus Chrysotimus Loew is recorded from Nepal for the first time. The following five species are described as new to science: Chrysotimus ancistrus sp. nov., C. curvispinus sp. nov., C. digitiforme sp. nov., C. furcatus sp. nov., and C. nepalensis sp. nov.. A key to the species of the genus from Nepal is presented.

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