A new species of the genus Ctenophora Meigen (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae) from China, with a key to the world species

Abstract

One new species of the genus Ctenophora Meigen, 1803, C. fumosa Men, sp. nov. (southern China: Anhui) is described and illustrated. A key to known species along with a checklist of known species of the genus Ctenophora are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the animal specimen room, School of Life Science, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui Province, China.

New species of subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) from China, with redescription of T. (S.) parvauricula and a key to all known species of the Oriental Region (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipula)

“…According to the overall morphology, the semen pump of Tipula (Sivatipula) parvauricula should belong to Type III. However, its posterior immovable apodeme has only one arm, which differs from the results in previous works in Chinese species ( Ctenophora fumosa Men, 2014 in Men and Huang 2014; Tipula (Vestiplex) coxitalis Alexander, 1935, Tipula (Pterelachisus) biaciculifera Alexander, 1937and Tipula (Emodotipula) yaoluopingensis Men, 2015 in Men 2015; Tipula (Yamatotipula) nova Walker, 1848 in Men et al 2015a; Nephrotoma liankangensis Men, Xue & Yang and Nephrotoma pseudoliankangensis Men, Xue & Yang in Men et al 2015b). This may represent a special form of type III.…”