A new species of <i>Chalastonepsia</i> Soli, 1996 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Chalastonepsia Søli, 1996 was erected for the species Chalastonepsiaorientalis Søli, 1996 from Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. The species C.hokkaidensis Kallweit, 1998 was described from Hokkaido, Japan. Ševčík and Hippa (2010) described two additional species of Chalastonepsia: C.nigricoxa Ševčík & Hippa, 2010 from Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia and C.montana Ševčík & Hippa, 2010 from N.W. Thailand.

New information

A new Oriental species is described in the genus Chalastonepsia of the subfamily Gnoristinae - Chalastonepsiavumanhi Kazandzhieva sp. nov. from a single locality in Tam Dao National Park in northern Vietnam. The new species is closely related to C.hokkaidensis Kallweit, 1998, but d

SUBMITTER: Kazandzhieva S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12355186 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature