Three new species and one new record of the genus Siphunculina from China (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Xiao-Yan Liu; Emilia P Nartshuk; Ding Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.687.13156

Three new species and one new record of the genus Siphunculina from China (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Zookeys. 2017 Aug 2:(687):73-88. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.687.13156. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Xiao-Yan Liu¹, Emilia P Nartshuk², Ding Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
² Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
³ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Siphunculina Rondani from China, S. bulbiferasp. n., S. scalpriformissp. n., and S. shangyongensissp. n., are described and illustrated. One species, S. funicola (de Meijere), is reported from China for the first time. A key to the species of genus Siphunculina from China is given.

Keywords: China; Chloropidae; Diptera; Siphunculina; Taxonomy; new species.