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Issue: Vol. 4629 No. 3: 8 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.12
Page range: 448–450
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the ant-parasitizing genus Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera, Phoridae) from China

Liaoning Key Laboratory of Urban Integrated Pest Management and Ecological Security, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China
Liaoning Key Laboratory of Urban Integrated Pest Management and Ecological Security, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China
Diptera Phoridae Pseudacteon trapeziformis new species key China

Abstract

A new scuttle fly of the genus Pseudacteon Coquillett, P. trapeziformis, from Mt. Changbai, northeat China is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from others of the genus mainly by shorter palp bristles and trapezoid sternite VI. A key to known Pseudacteon species of China is presented.

 

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