This paper reports five new species of Pygophora Shiner from China, namely P. immacularis Cui et Xue, P. orbiculata Cui et Zhang, P. capitata Cui et Xue, P. digitata Cui et Xue and P. choui Cui et Xue.
The type‐specimens are kept as follows: P. immacularis, in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica; P. capitata, in the Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University; the rest, in the Department of Biology, Shenyang Normal College.
A new genus Chouicoenosia and two new species C. recta and C. cuma are described. The holotype of C. recta is deposited in the Department of Biology, Shenyang Normal College, and the rest of the type specimens are kept in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.
The genus Robustagramma is described for a distinctive clade of Limosininae occurring from Canada south to Argentina. Keys, descriptions, distributional data and phylogenetic hypotheses are provided for 8 species groups and 54 species. Fifty-two of the 54 included species are described as new.
This paper deals with the genus Cephalispa Malloch of China. Descriptions are given of nine new species: C. biloba, C. breviabdominis, C. brevilamina, C. cultrata, C. fani, C. fujianensis, C.hamata, C. prominentia and C. spina. A key and catalogue of the species of China in this genus are given.
Two new species of the genus Coenosia Meigen from Mt. Fanjing of Guizhou Province, China, namely C. brevimana and C. fanjingensis, are described. The type specimens are kept in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University.
Four new species of the genus Coenosia Meigen from Northeastern China, namely, C. xuei, C. cunica, C. nigrifrons and C. carinan, are described. The type specimens aTe kept in the Department of Biology, Shenyang Normal College.
Five new species of the genus Coenosia Meigen, namely C. subflaviseta, C. subgracilis, C. parva C. aurea, and C. zhooi, are described from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. The type specimen of C. parva is kept in the Department of Biology, Shenyang Normal University, and the others are kept in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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