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Issue: Vol. 2166 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2166.1.4
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Species of the genus Heteralonia Bezzi, 1921 from China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Natural Science, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817-2704, USA
Diptera Bombyliidae Heteralonia new species China

Abstract

The following four new species of the genus Heteralonia from China are described and illustrated: Heteralonia anemosyris sp. nov., Heteralonia cnecos sp. nov., Heteralonia nigripilosa sp. nov., and Heteralonia ochros sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus Heteralonia from China is presented.

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