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Issue: Vol. 2516 No. 1: 23 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2516.1.3
Page range: 49–67
Abstract views: 37
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Description of a new genus and six new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from Asia and New Guinea

Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Biosystematics Laboratory, Faculty of Social & Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan
Diptera Tachinidae Tachininae new genus new species East Asia Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Pseudebenia Shima, Han & Tachi, gen. nov., is described for six new species, P. argyrosoma Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. and P. fulvipalpis Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea, P. epilachnae Shima & Han, sp. nov. from South Korea, P. fuscata Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Malaysia, P. nepalensis Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Nepal and P. trisetosa Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from China. Pseudebenia epilachnae is a larval parasitoid of the phytophagous ladybird beetle Epilachna quadricollis (Dieke). A key to the species of Pseudebenia is given and features of the new species are illustrated. The genus belongs to the subfamily Tachininae and is tentatively placed in the tribe Macquartiini.

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