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Issue: Vol. 1530 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1530.1.3
Page range: 27–32
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Notes on the extinct family Protapioceridae, with description of a new species from China (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Diptera Protapioceridae Protapiocera new species Liaoning China

Abstract

Protapioceridae, which belongs to the superfamily Asiloidea, is an extinct endemic family in China. Until now, only one genus and two species were known from Liaoning Province of Palaearctic China. In the present paper a third species of the small family is reported. A key to the species is presented.

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