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Three new species of the subgenus Parapenthecia from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Apenthecia )
Author(s) -
CAO HuaZhi,
TODA Masanori J.,
CHEN HongWei
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1479-8298.2008.00270.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , biology , seta , key (lock) , drosophilidae , zoology , genus , taxonomy (biology) , nearctic ecozone , ecology , biochemistry , drosophila melanogaster , gene
Three new species of the subgenus Parapenthecia of the genus Apenthecia are reported from the Oriental Region: A . ( P. ) heterochaeta Chen and Toda, sp. nov. from Indonesia, and A. ( P. ) hispida Chen and Toda, sp. nov. and A. ( P. ) litongi Cao and Chen, sp. nov. from south China. Interestingly, the last species lacks a very peculiar character, the swollen or scale‐like orbital setae, which are commonly seen in all other species of the genus Apenthecia . A key to all species of the subgenus Parapenthecia is provided.