New species of the snakefly genus Mongoloraphidia (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae) from Japan and Taiwan,with phylogenetic and biogeographical remarks on the Raphidiidae of Eastern Asia |
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| Authors: | Xingyue LIU Horst ASPÖCK Fumio HAYASHI Ulrike ASPÖCK |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China;2. Department of Biological Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan;3. Department of Medical Parasitology, Medical University of Vienna;4. Zweite Zoologische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien;5. Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Two species of the snakefly genus Mongoloraphidia Aspöck & Aspöck, 1968 from Japan and Taiwan are described as new to science: Mongoloraphidia (Japanoraphidia) occidentalis sp. nov. and Mongoloraphidia (Formosoraphidia) curvata sp. nov. A key to the species of Mongoloraphidia from Eastern Asia is provided. Phylogenetic and biogeographical aspects on the Raphidiidae from Eastern Asia are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | biogeography Formosoraphidia Japanoloraphidia new taxa taxonomy |
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