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Issue: Vol. 5231 No. 4: 1 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.4.7
Page range: 459-470
Abstract views: 316
PDF downloaded: 35

An updated key to the genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

1Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
1Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
2Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Morphology Taxonomy male genitalia China

Abstract

A key to the 80 species and 2 subspecies of the genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from China based on males is provided, including two new species Limnophora magnipulvilla sp. nov. and Limnophora apiciflata sp. nov. Photographs of habitus and male genitalia as well as illustrations of the male genitalia of the new species are given.

 

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