Two new Geranomyia Haliday (Diptera, Limoniidae) crane flies from Mount Jiulong in China, with an updated key to Chinese species

Xingyang Qian; Xiao Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.953.49557

Two new Geranomyia Haliday (Diptera, Limoniidae) crane flies from Mount Jiulong in China, with an updated key to Chinese species

Zookeys. 2020 Jul 27:953:105-118. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.953.49557. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xingyang Qian¹, Xiao Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China Qingdao Agricultural University Qingdao China.

Abstract

The genus Geranomyia Haliday, 1833 is globally distributed, with 351 known species, of which 26 occur in China. Herein, an overview of the genus Geranomyia from Mount Jiulong, Zhejiang, China, is presented. Two new species are described and illustrated. Geranomyia jiulongensis sp. nov. and G. subablusa sp. nov. are distinguished from other Geranomyia species by the characters of the thorax and male genitalia. An updated key to the Geranomyia of China is presented.

Keywords: Limoniinae; Limoniini; Zhejiang; classification; crane fly; new species.

Xingyang Qian, Xiao Zhang.