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Issue: Vol. 2325 No. 1: 23 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2325.1.1
Page range: 1–28
Abstract views: 33
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Notes on the Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of ten new species from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010019, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Lauxaniidae Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group new species China

Abstract

In the Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group, the following ten species are described as new to science: H. (H.) apicomata sp. nov., H. (H.) columnaria sp. nov., H. (H.) convergens sp. nov., H. (H.) flavida sp. nov. and H. (H.) latissima sp.nov., H. (H.) nigritarsis sp. nov., H. (H.) semicircularis sp. nov., H. (H.) tortifurcata sp. nov., H. (H.) yinggelingica sp. nov. and H. (H.) zhangae sp. nov. A list of the species of the Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group in the Oriental Region is provided. A key to separate them is presented.

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