A new species of Nilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from the mangrove forest of Hainan Island, China

Chunqiao Li; Glenn Bellis; Xiaoxiang Wu; Jiahui Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.893.39032

A new species of Nilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from the mangrove forest of Hainan Island, China

Zookeys. 2019 Dec 2:893:135-141. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.893.39032. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Chunqiao Li¹, Glenn Bellis², Xiaoxiang Wu¹, Jiahui Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China Hainan University Haikou China.
² Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Charles Darwin University Darwin Australia.

Abstract

A new species of Nilobezzia Kieffer, Nilobezzia bamenwana Li & Li, sp. nov., collected from Bamenwan mangrove forest of Hainan Island, China, is described and illustrated based on female adults. The genus was previously known to have a single species occurring on the island.

Keywords: China; Nilobezzia bamenwana; biting midges; predaceous midges.

Chunqiao Li, Glenn Bellis, Xiaoxiang Wu, Jiahui LI.