Affiliation:
1. Biosystematics Laboratory, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
2. Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812−8581 Japan
Abstract
Nineteen species of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend, 1926 of the
genus Siphona Meigen, 1803 from East Asia and the Oriental Region are revised. Of these,
14 species are classified into three species groups based mainly on the male postabdomen: the S. perispoliata group, the S. selecta group and the S. siphonoides group. Autapomorphies of each species group are defi ned and illustrated. Ten species are described as new: Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) apicisetosa sp. nov., S. (A.) coactilis sp. nov., S. (A.) curta sp. nov., S. (A.) curvata sp. nov., S. (A.) expleta sp. nov., S. (A.) hongkongensis sp. nov., S. (A.) kanmiyai sp. nov., S. (A.) matsumotoi sp. nov., S. (A.) nepalensis sp. nov., and S. (A.) seminigra sp. nov. A key is provided for the 19 East Asian and Oriental species.
Publisher
National Museum, Czech Republic
Subject
Insect Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics