Description of a new species and a new record of the genus Acantholeria (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) in China
The genus Acantholeria Garrett, 1921 is a small member of the subfamily Heleomyzinae. Previously, only one species of this genus had been recorded in China: A. czernyi Gorodkov, 1966. In this study, one new species and one new record of Acantholeria are described from China: Acantholeria gorodkovi sp. nov. and Acantholeria desertorum Czerny, 1932. A key to the Palaearctic species of Acantholeria is also presented, and photographs of the adult insect of Acantholeria czernyi Gorodkov, 1966 are also provided.
Authors
- WEI ZENG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-053X)
- Bingheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0412-528X)
- Ding Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-3478)
Institutions
- Institute of Plant Protection (CN)
- Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (CN)
- St. Joseph Hospital (US)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.5
- Primary Topic
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00