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Issue: Vol. 5696 No. 4: 26 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.2
Page range: 482-490
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Two new species of Ziminellia Nihei & de Carvalho from China (Diptera: Muscidae), with new combinations and key to species

Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; Rua do Matão; Travessa 14; n. 101; Cidade Universitária; São Paulo-SP; 05508–900; Brazil
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Biological Evolution and Biodiversity; College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; China
Diptera East Asia Morellia Muscinae Muscoidea new combination taxonomy

Abstract

During our study of the genus Ziminellia (Diptera, Muscidae) from China, two species are recognized as new to science, Z. quadrangula Xue & Nihei, sp. nov. and Z. yunnanensis Xue & Zhang, sp. nov., and their descriptions, illustration and diagnoses are given. Furthermore, five new combinations are proposed from Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy to Ziminellia Nihei & de Carvalho: Z. sordidisquama (Stein, 1918), Z. nigrisquama (Malloch, 1928), Z. sinensis (Ôuchi, 1942), Z. hainanensis (Ni, 1982), and Z. suifenhensis (Ni, 1982). And a key to species of Ziminellia is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Li, Y., Li, S., Nihei, S.S., Dong, Y., Liu, H., Xue, W. & Zhang, C. (2025) Two new species of Ziminellia Nihei & de Carvalho from China (Diptera: Muscidae), with new combinations and key to species. Zootaxa, 5696 (4), 482–490. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.2