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Issue: Vol. 4306 No. 2: 16 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.8
Page range: 279–286
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 5

Chromatopterum (Diptera, Chloropidae), a newly recorded genus from China, and description of two new species

Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Chloropidae Chromatopterum new species China

Abstract

The genus Chromatopterum Becker is newly recorded from China. The following two described species are new to science: C. brevicercum sp. nov. and C. longiclavatum sp. nov. A key to the species of genus Chromatopterum from the world is given.

 

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