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2023 , Vol. 48 >Issue 3: 249 - 263

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2023304

Original Article

Description of a new species in the genus Nephrotoma (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae) from China, with redescriptions of hypopygiums of six species

  • Qiulei Men ,
  • Dong Yu ,
  • Mengwei Sun
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  • 1School of Life Sciences, the Belt and Road Model International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in Basins of Anhui Province; Provincial Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui Province, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, P.R. China; 2Library of Anqing Normal University, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, China

Online published: 2023-08-19

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31300551), the Scientific Research Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province (KJ2021A0646) and the Anhui Outstanding Young Talent Support Program (gxbjZD2020073).

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Abstract

A species of the genus Nephrotoma from Xizang, China is described as new to science, namely N. zhuolonggouensis Men, sp. nov., which differs from its relative species by the structures of outer gonostylus, median lobe of sternite eighth and gonapophyses. Hypopygiums of another six species, N. concava Yang & Yang, 1990, N. geniculata Yang & Yang, 1987, N. hirsuticauda Alexander, 1924, N. martynovi Alexander, 1935, N. nigrostylata Alexander, 1935 and N. virgata (Coquillett, 1898), are redescribed based on additional characters.

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Qiulei Men , Dong Yu , Mengwei Sun . Description of a new species in the genus Nephrotoma (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae) from China, with redescriptions of hypopygiums of six species[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2023 , 48(3) : 249 -263 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2023304

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