Six new species of Diostracus Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tibet

Yajun Zhu; Chufei Tang; Ding Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1163.101533

Six new species of Diostracus Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tibet

Zookeys. 2023 May 17:1163:1-46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1163.101533. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yajun Zhu¹, Chufei Tang², Ding Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Technical Center for Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine of Shanghai Customs, Shanghai 200135, China Technical Center for Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine of Shanghai Customs Shanghai China.
² Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Nanjing China.
³ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China China Agricultural University Beijing China.

Abstract

Six species of Diostracus from Tibet are described as new to science: D.concavussp. nov., D.fasciculatussp. nov., D.laetussp. nov., D.polytrichussp. nov., D.strenussp. nov., and D.translucidussp. nov. A key to the species from Tibet of the genus is provided. The distribution of the genus in Tibet is also discussed.

Keywords: Key; The Himalayan region; long-legged fly; morphology.

Yajun Zhu, Chufei Tang, Ding Yang.