The genus Neurigona Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Yunnan, China, with descriptions of seven new species and a key to the species of China

By

Lin, Chen
Wang, Mengqing
Yang, Ding

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1190

Pages

319--345

Subjects

identification key , Long-legged fly , Morphology , Neurigoninae , new taxon , Oriental realm , sympatric species richness

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1190.109222

 

Abstract

Previously, only three species of the genus Neurigona Rondani of the subfamily Neurigoninae were known from Yunnan Province. Here, we reviewed the species of Neurigona from Yunnan and added the following seven new species: N. apicilatasp. nov., N. basicurvasp. nov., N. brevidigitatasp. nov., N. convexasp. nov., N. huanglianshanasp. nov., N. quadrimaculatasp. nov., and N. ventriprocessasp. nov. All seven new species are sympatric and were collected from below a reservoir in the Huanglianshan Nature Reserve in Yunnan using three Malaise traps in 2019. This suggests a very high species richness in the Yunnan fauna. A key to the species of Neurigona from Chinese mainland is provided.