A review of the genus Rhipidia Meigen from China, with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)

Xiao Zhang; Yan Li; Ding Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.2

A review of the genus Rhipidia Meigen from China, with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Feb 11:3764:201-39. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.2.

Authors

Xiao Zhang¹, Yan Li², Ding Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: 779696635@qq.com.
² Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. Department of Entomology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA; Email: unknown.
³ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: dyangcau@126.com.

PMID: 24870634
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.2

Abstract

The genus Rhipidia Meigen, 1818 from China is reviewed. Twenty-one species are presented, of which seven species, Rhipidia (Rhipidia) bilobata sp. nov., R. (R.) flava sp. nov., R. (R.) lobifera sp. nov., R. (R.) longa sp. nov., R. (R.) sejuga sp. nov., R. (R.) shennongjiensis sp. nov., and R. (R.) spinosa sp. nov., are described as new to science, and one species, R. (R.) reductispina Savchenko, 1983, is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the species of the genus Rhipidia from China is given.

MeSH terms

Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
China
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Female
Male