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Issue: Vol. 4926 No. 2: 5 Feb. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
Page range: 201–223
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Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Insect Systematics Lab, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Acalyptratae Diopsoidea Nothybus taxonomy Oriental Region Palaearctic Region

Abstract

The Nothybidae of China are reviewed, including Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall, 2016 which was previously known only from photographs, is here redescribed on the basis of male and female specimens. A key to Chinese species of Nothybidae is provided.

 

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