Original Paper

A new species of genus Brithura Edwards from China, with notes on its internal reproductive system (Diptera: Tipulidae)

  • Qiulei Men ,
  • Zhongxin Zhang ,
  • Qifei Liu ,
  • Lei Yang ,
  • Weiguang Liu
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  • 1School of Life Sciences, Provincial Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui; Research Center of Aquatic Organism, Conservation and Water Ecosystem Restoration in Anhui Province, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, P. R. China 2State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Biological Control Research Institute, College of Plant Protection; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China

Online published: 2019-04-24

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This study is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41501058, 31300551), the Anhui Outstanding Young Talent Support Program (gxfx2017059) and the Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province (KJ2017A360).

Abstract

One new species of the genus Brithura Edwards, 1916, B. triprocessa Men & Liu sp. nov. from China is described and illustrated. The morphological description of the internal reproductive system for both sexes of the new species is provided, which represents the first concern of the internal reproductive system in this genus.

Cite this article

Qiulei Men , Zhongxin Zhang , Qifei Liu , Lei Yang , Weiguang Liu . A new species of genus Brithura Edwards from China, with notes on its internal reproductive system (Diptera: Tipulidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2019 , 44(2) : 158 -166 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201911

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