First records of the crane fly genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Guangxi, China with description of one new species

By

Xu, Yuanyuan
Zhang, Shenglin
Wang, Guoquan
Yang, Ding
Zhang, Xiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1168

Pages

131--149

Subjects

Chinese fauna , Distribution , Elephantomyiini , new record , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1168.104106

 

Abstract

The genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 is recorded in Guangxi, China for the first time with the following three species belonging to the subgenus H. (Helius): H. (H.) damingshanussp. nov., H. (H.) nipponensis (Alexander, 1913) and H. (H.) stenorhynchus stenorhynchus Alexander, 1954. Among them, H. (H.) stenorhynchus stenorhynchus is also a new record in China. Their descriptions and illustrations, as well as the first key to Chinese H. (Helius) crane flies, are presented.