Two new species of the genus Diostracus Loew from Tibet, with a key to the Himalayan fauna (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)

Ning Wang; Baohai Wang; Ding Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.488.8919

Two new species of the genus Diostracus Loew from Tibet, with a key to the Himalayan fauna (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)

Zookeys. 2015 Mar 19:(488):91-104. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.488.8919. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Ning Wang¹, Baohai Wang², Ding Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193 ; Institute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010010, China.
² Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, No.130 Jinzhu West Road, Lhasa, Tibet 850032, China.
³ Department of Entomology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193.

Abstract

Previously only one species of the genus Diostracus was known to occur in Tibet. Here the following two new species are added to the fauna of Tibet: Diostracusacutatus sp. n. and Diostracustibetensis sp. n. Their relationships with similar species are discussed. A key to the species of Diostracus from the Himalayas is presented.

Keywords: Diostracus; Diptera; Dolichopodidae; Tibet; new species.