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Issue: Vol. 1326 No. 1: 2 Oct. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1326.1.1
Page range: 1–16
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Three new species of Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from P.R. China, with a key to the Chinese species of the genus

Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, P.R. China
Diptera Muscidae Coenosia new species key China

Abstract

This paper describes three new species of Coenosia Meigen from P.R. China, namely Coenosia amplicauda sp. nov., Coenosia orbimacula sp. nov. and Coenosia spinifemorata sp. nov. A key to the males of the 81 species of Coenosia known from China is provided.

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