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Issue: Vol. 5523 No. 4: 17 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.4.4
Page range: 448-458
Abstract views: 106
PDF downloaded: 6

Six new species of Chelipoda (Diptera: Empididae) from Shennongjia, China

College of Plant Protection; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Institute of Life Science and Technology; Inner Mongolia Normal University; Huhhot 010022; China
School of Ecology and Environment; Baotou Teachers College; Baotou 014030; China
College of Plant Protection; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Diptera dance fly Hemerodromiinae taxonomy key

Abstract

Only three species of Chelipoda were known to occur in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve. The following six species are described as new to science: C. biancistroides sp. nov., C. conica sp. nov., C. curva sp. nov., C. digitiformis sp. nov., C. dorsispina sp. nov. and C. trifurcata sp. nov. A key to separate these species is presented.

 

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