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Issue: Vol. 1689 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1689.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 49
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Two new species of Hemipenthes Loew from Oriental China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Diptera Bombyliidae Hemipenthes new species China

Abstract

Two species of the genus Hemipenthes Loew from Oriental China, H. yunnanensis sp. nov. and H. sichuanensis sp. nov., are described as new to science. A key to the species of the genus from Oriental China is presented.

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