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Type: Article
Published: 2013-08-19
Page range: 101–147
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The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part II: the ornata species group from East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (I)

Drosophilidae East Asia Leucophenga ornata species group new species

Abstract

Fifteen new species of the Leucophenga ornata species group are described from East Asia: L. apunctata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. arcuata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. brevifoliacea Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. euryphylla Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. falcata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. fuscinotata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. fuscithorax Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. glabella Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. hirsutina Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. hirudinis Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. piscifoliacea Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. rectifoliacea Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. serrateifoliacea Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. subulata Huang & Chen, sp. nov., L. uncinata Huang & Chen, sp. nov. Four known species, L. ornata Wheeler, 1959, L. saigusai Okada, 1968, L. sculpta Chen & Toda, 1994 and L. todai Sidorenko, 1991 are redescribed as supplementary. A key to all the examined species in the ornata group is provided. We try to improve our species delimitation by integrating the DNA sequences data with morphological information. The intra- and interspecific pairwise K-2P (Kimura’s two-parameter) distances are summaried.