Published December 31, 2009 | Version v1
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Amiota nagatai

Description

Amiota nagatai species group

Diagnosis. Costal vein with 14–15 distinct, peg-like spinules on ventral surface between R2+3 and R4+5; hind trochanter with 1 lobe-like process (Figs 1–6); aedeagus separated into a pair of unbifurcated processes (Chen & Toda 2001).

For more detailed description see Toda & Peng (1992), Chen & Toda (2001) and Chen et al. (2004, 2005). Included species. A. nagatai Okada, 1971; A. okinawana Okada, 1971; A. kimurai Chen & Toda, 2001; A. bachlii Cao & Chen, sp. nov.; A. chengyuae Cao & Chen, sp. nov. and A. protuberantis Cao & Chen, sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of He, Xiaofang, Jiang, Jian-Jun, Cao, Hua-Zhi & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2009, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Amiota nagatai species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae), pp. 53-61 in Zootaxa 2193 on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189442

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Amiota
Species
nagatai
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Chen, H. W. & Toda, M. J. (2001) A revision of the Asian and European species in the subgenus Amiota Loew (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and establishment of species-groups based on phylogenetic analysis. Journal of natural history, 35, 1571 - 1563.
  • Toda, M. J. & Peng, T. X. (1992) Some species of the subfamily Steganinae (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from Guangdong Province, southern China. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France. Societe entomologique de France, 28, 201 - 213.
  • Chen, H. W., Zhang, C. T. & Liu, G. C. (2004) New species and new records of the subgenus Amiota s. str. Loew (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from North America, East Asia and Oceania. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France. Societe entomologique de France, 40, 59 - 67.
  • Chen, H. W., Watabe, H., Gao, J. J., Takamori, H., Zhang, Y. P. & Aotsuka, T. (2005) Species diversity of the subgenus Amiota (s. str.) Loew, 1862 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in southern China. Journal of natural history, 39, 265 - 310.
  • Okada, T. (1971) A revision and taxometric analysis of the genus Amiota Loew of Japan and adjacent countries (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Kontyu, Tokyo, 39, 82 - 98.