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Issue: Vol. 3316 No. 1: 17 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3316.1.1
Page range: 1–14
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Chionea Dalman newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)

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 Limoniidae Chionea new species China

Abstract

The genus Chionea Dalman, 1816 is recorded from China for the first time with the following four species belonging tothe subgenus Chionea s. str.: Chionea (Chionea) crassipes gracilistyla Alexander, 1936, C. (C.) pusilla Savchenko, 1983,C. (C.) sphaerae sp. nov. and C. (C.) tianhuashana sp. nov.. A key to the known species of Chionea from Eastern Palaearctic is presented.

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