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Issue: Vol. 1300 No. 1: 21 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1300.1.2
Page range: 31–35
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Discovery of Indosialis from China, with description of one new species (Megaloptera: Sialidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Megaloptera Sialidae Indosialis new species Oriental Region China

Abstract

The little known alderfly genus Indosialis is recorded from China for the first time. One species is described as new to science: Indosialis bannaensis sp. nov.

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