Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China

Published:2023-12-04 Issue:5 Volume:5380 Page:401-445
ISSN:1175-5334
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LIU GUANG-CHUN^ORCID

Abstract

The genus Conicera Meigen from China is revised. 35 species are recorded, of which 19 are new to science: C. obtusifinis sp. nov., C. petalina sp. nov., C. maculifemoris sp. nov., C. forcipis sp. nov., C. ancoraria sp. nov., C. angusta sp. nov., C. tortuosa sp. nov., C. dentisparsa sp. nov., C. convallis sp. nov., C. chayuensis sp. nov., C. triangularis sp. nov., C. margiflucta sp. nov., C. securiclata sp. nov., C. palmata sp. nov., C. marginata sp. nov., C. denticulata sp. nov., C. microspinulosa sp. nov., C. grandicaudata sp. nov. and C. obtusidentis sp. nov. 5 species are recorded for the first time in China: C. gracilis Michailovskaya, C. pacifica Michailovskaya, C. similis (Haliday), C. tibialis Schmitz and C. schnittmanni Schmitz. All known species are redescribed and illustrated. A key to species from China is presented.

Publisher

Magnolia Press

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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