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Issue: Vol. 2121 No. 1: 29 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2121.1.5
Page range: 44–56
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of the genus Epiphragma Osten Sacken from Yunnan, Southwest China (Diptera, Limoniidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Limoniidae Epiphragma new species Yunnan Southwest China

Abstract

The subgenus Epiphragma (Epiphragma) Osten Sacken, 1860 is recorded from Yunnan (Southwest China) for the first time. The following five species with two dark rings on the femora are described as new to science: E. mediale sp. nov., E. yunnanense sp. nov., E. ancistrum sp. nov., E. breve sp. nov. and E. elongatum sp. nov. Their relationships with closely related species are discussed. A key to the species of the subgenus Epiphragma from China is presented for the first time.

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