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Plagiozopelma medivittatum Bickel & Wei 1996

Description

Plagiozopelma medivittatum Bickel & Wei, 1996

Plagiozopelma medivittatum Bickel & Wei, 1996: 259. Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jinghong.

Diagnosis. Antenna wholly yellow, postpedicel flattened and blade-like. Thorax mainly yellow but mesonotum mainly metallic green. Fore tarsomere II with row of short pale crocheted ventral hairs. Wing with 1 cloud-like spot anteriorly. Cercus deeply bifurcated, with 3 long anterior bristles at middle of ventral branch.

Material. examined. China. Tibet: 1 ♂, Nyingchi, Medog, Beibeng [N29°24′10″ E95°17′57″], 2016. VII.16, sweep nets, Shaolin Han (CAU); 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Nyingchi, Medog, Beibeng [N29°24′10″ E95°17′57″], 2018. VI.26, sweep nets, Qicheng Yang (CAU).

Remarks. The specimens examined were all collected in broad-leaf forests.

Distribution. China (Tibet, Yunnan).

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Chufei, Zhu, Yajun & Yang, Ding, 2019, Sciapodinae from the Himalayan region with description of nine new species from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 4577 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2628496

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAU , VI
Scientific name authorship
Bickel & Wei
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Plagiozopelma
Species
medivittatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Plagiozopelma medivittatum Bickel, 1996 sec. Tang, Zhu & Yang, 2019

References

  • Bickel, D. J. & Wei, L. (1996) Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from southwestern China - Part I. Oriental Insects, 30, 251 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1996.10433845