Four new species of Pegomya alticola group from China (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Abstract

This paper describes four new species of Pegomya alticola group from China, namely Pegomya crinicauda Xue & Wang sp. n., Pegomya eurysosternita Xue & Du sp. n., Pegomya nigericeps Xue sp. n. and Pegomya parvicrinicauda Xue sp. n. Type specimens of four new species are all deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China.

Keywords:

• Diptera
• Anthomyiidae
• Pegomya
• new species
• key

Acknowledgements

Special thanks are due to Mr. D. M. Ackland, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, UK, for his invaluable help over many years. And, it also thanks to Jiayu Liu, Baifeng Wang, You Wang, and Liang Chang who collected the specimens.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Funding

The work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China [grant number 31172139], [grant number 31401990]; Foundation of Experimental Centre of Shenyang Normal University [grant number SYZX200902].

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Funding

The work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China [grant number 31172139], [grant number 31401990]; Foundation of Experimental Centre of Shenyang Normal University [grant number SYZX200902].