Five new species of Centorisoma Becker from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Xiaoyan Liu; Ding Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.7

Five new species of Centorisoma Becker from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Jun 19;3821(1):101-15. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.7.

Authors

Xiaoyan Liu¹, Ding Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Email: unknown.
² Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: dyangcau@126.com.

PMID: 24989729
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.7

Abstract

A review of the species of the genus Centorisoma Becker from China is provided. The following 5 species are described as new to science: C. convexum sp. nov., C. mediconvexum sp. nov., C. neimengguensis sp. nov., C. pentagonium sp. nov. and C. sexangulatum sp. nov. An updated key to the world species of genus Centorisoma is given.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Diptera / growth & development
Ecosystem
Female
Male
Organ Size