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Issue: Vol. 2055 No. 1: 27 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2055.1.3
Page range: 49–60
Abstract views: 60
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Four new species and a new record of Villa Lioy, 1864 from China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Natural Science, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817-2704, USA
Diptera Bombyliidae Villa new species China

Abstract

The following four new species of the genus Villa Lioy from China are described: Villa aspros sp. nov., Villa aquila sp. nov., Villa obtusa sp. nov., and Villa flavida sp. nov. One species, V. cingulata (Meigen, 1804), is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the species of the genus from China is presented.

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