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Issue: Vol. 2249 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2249.1.3
Page range: 33–43
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

First records of Tachydromia Meigen and Tachypeza Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Viet Nam, with descriptions of four new species

Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel’skogo 3, 188620, St. Petersburg – Pushkin, Russia; temporarily at RBINS
Diptera Hybotidae Tachydromia Tachypeza new species Viet Nam Orient

Abstract

First records of Tachydromia Meigen and Tachypeza Meigen from Viet Nam are provided, including descriptions of four new species: Tachydromia achterbergi sp. nov., Tachydromia annamensis sp. nov., Tachypeza vietnamensis sp. nov. and Tachypeza vriesi sp. nov. Tachydromia doi Shamshev & Grootaert is recorded for the first time from Viet Nam as well as a female of a new but unnamed Tachydromia. A key to Oriental species for both Tachydromia and Tachypeza is compiled.

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