New species of the genus Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from Zhejiang, China with an updated key to Chinese species

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 1070; no. 3; pp. 87 - 99
• Main Authors: Shao, Jiaqi, Kang, Zehui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 11.11.2021
• Subjects: Abdomen; Biodiversity; Cenozoic; China; Coloration; Diptera; Identification Key; Museums; Nematocera; New species; Physical characteristics; Ptychoptera; Ptychopteridae; Ptychopteromorpha; Taxonomy; Zoology; China

We revise the taxonomy of the genus Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 from Zhejiang, East China. One new species from Zhejiang, P. tianmushana sp. nov. , is described and illustrated. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to P. emeica Kang, Xue & Zhang, 2019 and P. formosensis Alexander, 1924,...