Six new species of Chelipoda (Diptera: Empididae) from Shennongjia, China
Only three species of Chelipoda were known to occur in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve. The following six species are described as new to science: C. biancistroides sp. nov., C. conica sp. nov., C. curva sp. nov., C. digitiformis sp. nov., C. dorsispina sp. nov. and C. trifurcata sp. nov. A key to separate these species is presented.
Authors
- Chen Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-5012)
- L. Zhang
- Ding Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-3478)
- Shang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-3437)
Institutions
- Inner Mongolia Normal University (CN)
- Institute of Plant Protection (CN)
- Baotou Teachers College (CN)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.4.4
- Primary Topic
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00