New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions

Two new species of the genus Metalimnobia Matsumura, 1911 from southwest China, M. (M.) bicolor sp. nov. and M. (M.) caudifusca sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by their wing patterns and male genitalia. New distributional d...

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Main Authors: Ye Jiang, Xiao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-12-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60704/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-a973e23e9ef24640836fc773c6c9f8ca2020-12-31T16:41:22ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702020-12-0110089310510.3897/zookeys.1008.6070460704New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributionsYe Jiang0Xiao Zhang1Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao Agricultural University Two new species of the genus Metalimnobia Matsumura, 1911 from southwest China, M. (M.) bicolor sp. nov. and M. (M.) caudifusca sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by their wing patterns and male genitalia. New distributional data are given for the following species: M. (M.) bifasciata (Schrank, 1781), M. (M.) quadrinotata (Meigen, 1818) and M. (M.) tenua Savchenko, 1976. An updated key for all Chinese Metalimnobia crane flies is presented. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60704/download/pdf/
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New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
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title New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
title_short New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
title_full New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
title_fullStr New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
title_full_unstemmed New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions
title_sort new metalimnobia crane flies (diptera, limoniidae) from china with an update of species distributions
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series ZooKeys
issn 1313-2970
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Two new species of the genus Metalimnobia Matsumura, 1911 from southwest China, M. (M.) bicolor sp. nov. and M. (M.) caudifusca sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by their wing patterns and male genitalia. New distributional data are given for the following species: M. (M.) bifasciata (Schrank, 1781), M. (M.) quadrinotata (Meigen, 1818) and M. (M.) tenua Savchenko, 1976. An updated key for all Chinese Metalimnobia crane flies is presented.
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