A review of the Oriental species of Cothornobata Czerny (Diptera, Micropezidae, Eurybatinae)

XUANKUN LI; STEPHEN A. MARSHALL; DING YANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.1

Issue: Vol. 4006 No. 2: 24 Aug. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-08-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.1

Page range: 201–246

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**A review of the Oriental species of Cothornobata Czerny (Diptera, Micropezidae, Eurybatinae)**

XUANKUN LI⁺⁻
STEPHEN A. MARSHALL⁺⁻
DING YANG⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Diptera Micropezidae Eurybatinae Cothornobata Oriental

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Abstract

The Oriental species of the genus Cothornobata Czerny are reviewed, with a revision of the species occurring in the northern Oriental region, and descriptions of the following 16 new species from China and Vietnam: C. atra sp. nov.; C. breviseta sp. nov.; C. bubengensis sp. nov.; C. curva sp. nov.; C. elegantula sp. nov.; C. fusca sp. nov.; C. ingensfurca sp. nov.; C. longifurca sp. nov.; C. longigonitea sp. nov.; C. mentogensis sp. nov.; C. paieroi sp. nov.; C. pugnoa sp. nov.; C. shuimanensis sp. nov.; C. uniseta sp. nov.; C. vietnamensis sp. nov.; C. zhangae sp. nov. Cothornobata nigrigenu Enderlein is newly reported from China and Nestima meijerei (Frey) is given as a new combination for Cothornobata meijerei Frey. A key to the 19 Oriental species of the genus is provided.