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New species of L onchaeidae ( D iptera: S chizophora) from J apan and a re‐evaluation of genus S etisquamalonchaea M orge
Author(s) -
MacGowan Iain,
Okamoto Tomoko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12003
Subject(s) - biology , genus , botany
Abstract Three new species of L onchaeidae are described from material reared from fig syconia in J apan: S ilba inubiwa sp. nov., S . ishigaki sp. nov. and S . japonica sp. nov. Based on the taxonomy of these and similar species the boundaries of the genus S ilba are re‐evaluated, and, as a result, it is considered that S etisquamalonchaea M orge is synonymous with S ilba M acquart. A revised key and generic notes on the tribe L onchaeini are provided.