Taxonomic notes on the crane fly genus <i>Thrypticomyia</i> Skuse (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Chinese Mainland, with description of a new species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thrypticomyia Skuse, 1890 is a limoniid genus with 38 known species and subspecies from the Australasian, Oriental, Afrotropic and Palaearctic Regions, of which two are recorded in Chinese Mainland.

New information

A Thrypticomyia species from Sichuan, China, T. sichuanensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated as new to science. The genus Thrypticomyia is recorded from Sichuan for the first time.

SUBMITTER: Dai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447082 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature