First report of wingless grass flies from China (Diptera: Chloropidae) with a key to the Chinese and Oriental species of Elachiptera

X. Liu, E.P. Nartshuk & D. Yang

Abstract. A wingless species Elachiptera viator Nartshuk, 1971 in the family Chloropidae is recorded from China (Beijing) for the first time. A redescription of the species is given with the figures of its characteristics and the genitalia of both sexes. A checklist of seven species of the genus Elachiptera known from China with their distribution and a key to the Chinese and Oriental species of the genus are given. The following new combinations are proposed: Lasiochaeta bengalensis (Cherian, 1975), comb. nov., L. longicosta (Cherian, 1975), comb. nov., L. luteopilosa (Cherian, 1975), comb. nov., and Disciphus indica (Cherian, 1975), comb. nov.

Key words: grass flies, China, Oriental Region, key, redescription, Diptera, Chloropidae, Elachiptera, new records, new combinations

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2017, 26(2): 329–336 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2017

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2017.26.2.329 ▪ Open full article

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