Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Roháček, J. & Papp, L.
Title: A review of the genus Paralimosina L. Papp (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae), with descriptions of ten new species
Year: 1988
Publication date: 1988-12-31
Volume: 80
Pages: 105-143.

Abstract: A review, covering the 20 Palearctic and Oriental species of Paralimosina L. Papp, is given. Data on primary types, published descriptions and figures, synonyms and distribution including new records, are provided. The genus is redefined without the subgenus Canarisina Rohaèek, 1983 which is removed and synonymized (syn. n.) with Apitolus Mik, 1898. The monotypic apterous taxa Hackmaniella L. Papp, 1979 and Nipponsina L. Papp, 1982 are placed as new synonyms of Paralimosina, and their type species, viz. P. ceylanica (L. Papp, 1979) comb. n. and P. sexetosa (L. Papp, 1982) comb. n. are redescribed. Ten new species are described and illustrated: P. acris, P. minor (both USSR: Far East), P. lobata (Pakistan), P. brevis, P. bracteata, P. marshalli (all Nepal), P. dimorpha, P. icaros (both India, Nepal), P. gigantea and P. indica (both India), and a key to all 20 Paralimosina species is presented. Notes on the relationships, plus figures of the male gonostylus, of all species are given. Knowledge of the female terminalia is supplemented by description and figures of the accessory glands.
Subject: entomology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Múzsák Közművelődési Kiadó, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Papp, J.