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Issue: Vol. 2299 No. 1: 27 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2299.1.2
Page range: 19–28
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Oxycera and description of the female of O. signata Brunetti from China (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou Province. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China
Guizhou Anshun Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anshun 561000, P. R. China
Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou Province. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China
Diptera Stratiomyidae Oxycera new species new records China India

Abstract

Two new species, Oxycera qiana sp. nov. and Oxycera micronigra sp. nov., are described from China. Oxycera signata Brunetti, 1920 is recorded for the first time from China with the female described for the first time. Diagnostic characters of all three species are illustrated. A key to the Chinese Oxycera species (19 spp.) is presented.

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