New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions

By

Jiang, Ye
Zhang, Xiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1008

Pages

93--105

Subjects

Classification , Distribution , identification key , Limoniinae , Limoniini , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.60704

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Metalimnobia Matsumura, 1911 from southwest China, M. (M.) bicolorsp. nov. and M. (M.) caudifuscasp. nov., are described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by their wing patterns and male genitalia. New distributional data are given for the following species: M. (M.) bifasciata (Schrank, 1781), M. (M.) quadrinotata (Meigen, 1818) and M. (M.) tenua Savchenko, 1976. An updated key for all Chinese Metalimnobia crane flies is presented.