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Issue: Vol. 3093 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3093.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

A second species of Bittacus Latreille, 1805 (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Hainan Island, China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Mecoptera Insecta Bittacidae Bittacus Hainan Island China

Abstract

Bittacus diaoluoshanus sp. nov., the second species of Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from Hainan Island, China is described from Diaoluoshan National Forest Park. The new species is separated from other hangingflies of Bittacus by two crossveins below pterostigma; four tawny brown spots each at ORs, FRs, OM, and the distal end of CuP; one tawny stripe along apical margin from pterostigma to beyond apex; absence of Av; and male epandrial appendages subquadrangular at lateral aspect.

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