A new Brachineurini genus and two new species(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Yunnan, China

Authors: KE-LONG JIAO, HAO WANG, WEN-JUN BU

Abstract: A new free-living genus of the mycophagous tribe Brachineurini, Loborrhizomyia gen. nov., and its type species (Loborrhizomyia phaneroectata sp. nov.) and another new species (Loborrhizomyia aphanata sp. nov.) are described from the Caiyang River Nature Reserve, Pu?er, Yunnan, China. The new genus is characterized in the tribe Brachineurini by the unique gonostylus having a ventral lobe protruding to the distal. The taxonomic status of the new genus and two new species is discussed with a comparison between the other related groups and an updated key to all known Brachineurini genera including the new genus is provided.

Keywords: Cecidomyiidae, Brachineurini, Loborrhizomyia, new genus, new species, Yunnan, China

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