Author(s): Papp, L.
Title: Eighteen new oriental species of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 107-156.
Abstract: Eighteen new species of the genus Poecilosomella Duda, 1920, P. borborus sp. n. (Philippines), P. brevisecunda sp. n. (Sumatra), P. conspicua sp. n. (Sabah), P. curvipes sp. n. (Taiwan), P. formosana sp. n. (Taiwan), P. hayashii sp. n. (Philippines), P. longicalcar sp. n. (Taiwan), P. nigra sp. n. (Taiwan, Sri Lanka), P. paraciculata sp. n. (Sumatra), P. paracryptica sp. n. (Sabah), P. peniculifera sp. n. (Sumatra), P. pilimana sp. n. (Sumatra), P. pilipino sp. n. (Philippines), P. ronkayi sp. n. (Taiwan), P. sabahi sp. n. (Sabah), P. spinicauda sp. n. (Philippines, Tonga, Tahiti), P. spinipes sp. n. (Sumatra), and P. subpilimana sp. n. (Sumatra) are described from the Oriental region. P. picturata (Malloch, 1913) (Philippines) and P. ornata (de Meijere, 1908) are restituted from synonymy. A key is given for all 41 known Oriental species. With 72 original figures.
Keywords: Sphaeroceridae, Poecilosomella, new species, taxonomy, Oriental Region
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Bottyán, O., Peregovits, L., Tabell, J. & De Prins, J.
