A review of the Chinese species of the genus Blera (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new species
A.V. Barkalov & X.-Y. Cheng
Abstract. A review of species of the genus Blera Billberg, 1820 known from China is given. A new species, Blera longiseta sp. nov., is described. Three species, B. japonica (Shiraki, 1930), B. nitens (Stackelberg, 1923) and B. violovitshi Mutin, 1991, are recorded for the first time from China. An illustrated key to species is provided.
Key words: China, review, Diptera, Syrphidae, Blera, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2011, 20(2): 350-355 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2011
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2011.20.2.350 ▪ Open full article 
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