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2017 , Vol. 42 >Issue 4: 476 - 489

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201720

Original Paper

Taxonomy on crane flies in family Tipulidae and Limoniidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea) from Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, Anhui, China

  • Qiulei Men ,
  • Zhiyong Lu ,
  • Pingping Sheng ,
  • Xiang Gui ,
  • Zhizhong Wang ,
  • Dan Mu
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  • School of Life Sciences, Province Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui, Research Centre of Aquatic Organism conservation and Water Ecosystem Restoration in Anhui, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, China

Online published: 2017-10-24

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This study is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31300551), the start-up grant of scientific research from Anqing Normal University (044-K05000130005)

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Abstract

The paper reports 13 species from Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, Anhui, China, including a new species and a new subspecies, Tipula (Emodotipula) alexanderi Men, sp. nov. and Nephrotoma impigra anqingensis Men, subsp. nov. The female of Libnotes (Libnotes) pseudonohirai Men, 2015 is described and illustrated for the first time. The males of Holorusia henana Yang, 1999 and Tipula (Vestiplex) jiangi Yang & Yang, 1991 are redescribed and illustrated with new morphological characters. A key to all species is provided.

Cite this article

Qiulei Men , Zhiyong Lu , Pingping Sheng , Xiang Gui , Zhizhong Wang , Dan Mu . Taxonomy on crane flies in family Tipulidae and Limoniidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea) from Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, Anhui, China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2017 , 42(4) : 476 -489 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201720

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