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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 2: 13 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.5
Page range: 255-267
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Description of a new species and a new record of the genus Acantholeria (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) in China

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Taohe National Nature Reserve Management and Protection Center; Jone 747600; Gansu; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Diptera Heleomyzidae Heleomyzinae Acantholeria taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Acantholeria Garrett, 1921 is a small member of the subfamily Heleomyzinae. Previously, only one species of this genus had been recorded in China: A. czernyi Gorodkov, 1966. In this study, one new species and one new record of Acantholeria are described from China: Acantholeria gorodkovi sp. nov. and Acantholeria desertorum Czerny, 1932. A key to the Palaearctic species of Acantholeria is also presented, and photographs of the adult insect of Acantholeria czernyi Gorodkov, 1966 are also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Zeng, W., Chen, B. & Yang, D. (2025) Description of a new species and a new record of the genus Acantholeria (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) in China. Zootaxa, 5679 (2), 255–267. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.5