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New species and records of the genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotinae) from Wuyishan National Park, China

Wuyishan National Park is well known for its rich biodiversity. Previously, only five species of Hybos Meigen, 1803 were known to occur in this region. In this study, 27 species of the genus Hybos from Wuyishan National Park are reviewed based on comparative morphological characteristics. Among thes...

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Autores principales: Li, Meilin, Yang, Ding
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10401199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547179
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1172.105952
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Sumario:Wuyishan National Park is well known for its rich biodiversity. Previously, only five species of Hybos Meigen, 1803 were known to occur in this region. In this study, 27 species of the genus Hybos from Wuyishan National Park are reviewed based on comparative morphological characteristics. Among these, nine species are described as new to science: Hybosbrevidigitatussp. nov., Hybosconstractussp. nov., Hyboscurvitibiasp. nov., Hybosdazhulanussp. nov., Hybosfujianensissp. nov., Hybosleucopogussp. nov., Hyboslongidigitatussp. nov., Hybosmodificatussp. nov., and Hyboswuyishanussp. nov. Diagnoses, detailed descriptions, remarks, colored illustrations, distributions, and some of the female terminalia characteristics are provided for nine new species. In addition, 13 species of this genus are reported for the first time in Wuyishan National Park. A key to Hybos species from Wuyishan National Park is also given.