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Issue: Vol. 3795 No. 2: 12 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.8
Page range: 187–192
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Chelifera Macquart from China (Diptera: Empididae)

School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China Research Institute of Crop Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China Research Institute of Crop Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Diptera Empididae Hemerodromiinae Chelifera new species China Tibet

Abstract

Two new Chelifera species, C. liuae sp. nov. from Sichuan and C. tibetensis sp. nov. from Tibet, are described. The genus Chelifera is recorded from Tibet for the first time. Cheliefera tibetensis is assigned to the C. rhombicercus-group. An updated key to the species of Chelifera from China is provided.