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Issue: Vol. 5799 No. 2: 28 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5799.2.10
Page range: 385-393
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 6

An unexpected new genus of the relict nematocerous family Pachyneuridae (Diptera) from Japan

7-1-402; Baikoen 2-chome; Chuo-ku; Fukuoka-shi; 810-0035 Japan.
12-1267; Yoshihazama; Iwasaki-cho; Nisshin-shi; 470-0131 Japan.
Diptera Plesiopachyneura ohtaniensis gen. et sp. nov. Pachyneura Axymyiomorpha Bibionomorpha short antennae tapered female abdomen wing venation

Abstract

Plesiopachyneura ohtaniensis gen. et sp. nov. of the rare nematocerous family Pachyneuridae is described and illustrated from Honshu, Japan. Plesiopachyneura is superficially similar to the genus Pachyneura, but distinguished from the latter by differences in the antenna, chaetotaxy of the tibiae, wing shape and venation, and female terminalia. Biogeography and bionomics of the new genus are briefly discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Saigusa, T. & Emoto, J. (2026) An unexpected new genus of the relict nematocerous family Pachyneuridae (Diptera) from Japan. Zootaxa, 5799 (2), 385–393. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.2.10