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Issue: Vol. 4679 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.4
Page range: 69–86
Abstract views: 64
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Four new crane fly species of subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) (Diptera, Tipulidae) from China

Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
School of Life Sciences, Province Key Laboratory of the Bio­diversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui Province, Research Center of Aquatic Organism Conservation and Water Ecosystem Restoration in Anhui Province, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, P. R. China
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
Diptera divisotergata species group erectiloba species group key taxonomy virgatula species group

Abstract

Four new crane fly species of subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, T. (V.) borthi sp. nov. (Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces, erectiloba species group), T. (V.) maoxianensis sp. nov. (Sichuan province, virgatula species group), T. (V.) xinduqiaoensis sp. nov. and T. (V.) auriculatalobata sp. nov. (Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, divisotergata species group) are described and illustrated. The newly described species can be separated using the identification keys provided for local species of the erectiloba, virgatula and divisotergata groups.

 

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