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Issue: Vol. 3159 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3159.1.4
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 37
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Heleodromia Haliday newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Empidoidea)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Empididae Heleodromia new species China

Abstract

The genus Heleodromia Haliday is recorded from China for the first time with the following three species belonging tothe subgenus Heleodromia: Heleodromia (Heleodromia) didyma sp. nov., H. (H.) helanshana sp. nov., and H. (H.) immaculata Haliday. A key to the known species of Heleodromia from China is presented.

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