Ascodipteron (Diptera, Nycteribiidae, streblid grade) from China: a new species from the lesser brown horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus stheno

Ascodipteron euryale sp. nov . is described from Yunnan Province, China, based on dealate neosomic females extracted from the base of the ear of the lesser brown horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus stheno K. Andersen, 1905; it is the first record of a species of Ascodipteron Adensamer, 1896 from this bat. Morphological evidence is further supported by molecular data from the cytochrome b ( Cytb ) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ( COI ) genes. A detailed comparison of the new species with related species is provided, and the new species is accommodated in the most recent key to the world species of Ascodipteron .