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Issue: Vol. 4132 No. 4: 1 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.5
Page range: 540–550
Abstract views: 59
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Taxonomic study of the genus Cephalispa Malloch of Japan (Diptera: Muscidae)

Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka City 819-0395, JAPAN.
Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka City 819-0395, JAPAN.
Diptera Coenosiinae Coenosiini distribution morphology new species predator

Abstract

Japanese species of the genus Cephalispa Malloch, 1935 are revised. Cephalispa kudoi sp. nov., C. okinawaensis sp. nov. and C. triquetra sp. nov. are described. Lispocephala xanthogaster (Shinonaga, 2003) is transferred to the genus. A key to Japanese species is provided.

 

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