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Issue: Vol. 3745 No. 3: 5 Dec. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.3
Page range: 343–364
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Dolichosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China

Institute of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 88 Huancheng Beilu, Linan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
Institute of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 88 Huancheng Beilu, Linan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
Institute of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 88 Huancheng Beilu, Linan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
Forestry Bureau of Pan’an County, Pan’an 322300, Zhejiang, China
Diptera Sciaridae new species new record China

Abstract

The genus Dolichosciara from China is reviewed and 17 species are recognized. Among them, eight new species, D. sparsula sp. nov., D. gracilenta sp. nov., D. oxyacantha sp. nov., D. scrobiculata sp. nov., D. tumidula sp. nov., D. rectospinosa sp. nov., D. multisetosa sp. nov. and D. qingliangfengana sp. nov. are described and seven species, D. ninae (Antonova, 1977), D. megumiae (Sasakawa, 1994), D. orcina (Tuomikoski, 1960), D. semiferruginea (Menzel, 1995), D. hippai Komarova & Vilkamaa, 2006, D. subornata (Mohrig & Menzel, 1994) and D. ornata (Winnertz, 1867) are reported for the first time from China. In addition, geographical distribution of 17 Chinese species are provided, as well as a key to all these Chinese species. This study raises the number of the species of Chinese Dolichosciara from 2 to 17.