Check List 22(5): 819-826, doi: 10.15560/22.5.819
Limnophila (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913 (Diptera, Limoniidae) newly recorded from China
Le Shui‡, Bing Zhang§|‡, Jun Yan¶, Qin Zhao§|‡, Yu-Fang Si|§‡, Rui Hao‡, Cheng-Zhang Li‡, Ding Yang#‡ Department of Life Sciences, Collage of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang, China§ Engineering Research Center of Loess Plateau Authentic Medicinal Herbs, Universities of Shaanxi Province, Xianyang, China| The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Xianyang, China¶ Yan’an Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Yan’an, China# Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Corresponding author: Bing Zhang ( hndxzhangbing@163.com ) Academic editor: Alessandre Pereira-Colavite © Le Shui, Bing Zhang, Jun Yan, Qin Zhao, Yu-Fang Si, Rui Hao, Cheng-Zhang Li, Ding Yang. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Shui L, Zhang B, Yan J, Zhao Q, Si Y-F, Hao R, Li C-Z, Yang D (2026) Limnophila (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913 (Diptera, Limoniidae) newly recorded from China. Check List 22(5): 819-826. https://doi.org/10.15560/22.5.819 |  |
Abstract
Limnophila (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913, a crane-fly species originally described from Japan, is newly recorded from China. Specimens were collected in Shaanxi province (Tongchuan, Weinan, Xianyang), China, during faunal surveys of Limoniidae. Morphological diagnostic characters, including wing pattern, body colouration, and male genitalia, are redescribed and illustrated. The discovery expands the known distribution of this species to continental East Asia and enriches the Chinese Limnophila fauna.
Keywords
Crane flies, Limnophilinae, taxonomy, Shaanxi