Vol. 48 No. 1, 2009

Revision of the Oriental Genus Pararhinoleucophenga Duda (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Hua-Zhi Cao and Hong-Wei Chen*

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510642, China

Hua-Zhi Cao and Hong-Wei Chen (2009) The Oriental genus Pararhinoleucophenga is reviewed, with a supplementary description of the type species: P. maura (de Meijere), a discovery of a new combination of P. meichiensis (Chen and Toda) comb. nov., and descriptions of 6 new species from the Oriental region: P. brunnea, P. alafumosa, P. furcila, P. setifrons, P. setipes, and P. minutobscura spp. nov.  Based on morphological characters, the species of this genus are divided into 3 species groups.  A key to all species of this genus is provided.

Key words: Diagnosis, China, New combination, New species, Taxonomy.

*Correspondence: Tel: 86-20-85282535.  Fax: 86-20-85280292.   E-mail:hongweic@scau.edu.cn