Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tibet with descriptions of four new species
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Ruosi Liu1, Mengqing Wang, Ding Yang
1Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beying 100193, China. ruoruosisi@126.com
Zootaxa
|July 16, 2015
Abstract:
The genus Chrysotus Meigen is reported from Tibet for the first time. Five species are recorded. The following four species are described as new to science: Chrysotus altavaginas sp. nov., C. motuoensis sp. nov., C. namaicunensis sp. nov. and C. tibetensis sp. nov., Chrysotus biprojicienus Wei & Zhang is recorded from Tibet for the first time. A key to the species of Chrysotus from Tibet is presented.

