New taxa of Diptera from China in 2024

doi:10.17520/biods.2025325

Abstract

Abstract:

Aims: This study aims to provide a systematic review of new Diptera taxa from China described in 2024.
Methods: By searching databases and relevant taxonomic journals, 51 journal publications on new taxa of Diptera from China in 2024 were systematically collected and analyzed.
Results: In 2024, a total of 107 new taxa were identified, including 1 new genus, 106 new species. Two genera, 18 species, and 2 synonyms were newly recorded. These new taxa belong to 23 families. Empididae exhibited the highest number of new species descriptions (28 species), representing 26.4% of the total new species and significantly exceeding the contributions of other families. New taxa and records were distributed from 24 provincial-level administrative regions. Yunnan Province emerged as the core area for new species discovery, with 35 new species recorded, constituting about one-third of all new species described. The 51 relevant research papers were mainly published in three journals: Zootaxa, ZooKeys, and Entomotaxonomia.
Conclusion: In 2024, the total number of papers and the number of involved journals showed a downward trend, reaching the lowest level in the past five years. The locations where new species were discovered remained concentrated in hotspots. Many Diptera species in different regions and ecosystems have not been thoroughly explored and described, and more attention is needed in the future.

Key words: Diptera, new species, new record, new synonyms, China

Xiangxiang Wang, Chen Lin, Ding Yang. New taxa of Diptera from China in 2024[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2025, 33(10): 25325.

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科 Family	新属数量 No. of new genus	新种数量 No. of new species	新记录属数量 No. of new record genus	新记录种数量 No. of new record species
腐木蝇科 Clusiidae		6
蠓科 Ceratopogonidae		5
摇蚊科 Chironomidae		9	1	2
蚊科 Culicidae		2
长足虻科 Dolichopodidae		9
舞虻科 Empididae		28
厕蝇科 Fanniidae		2
日蝇科 Heleomyzidae		3
扁角菌蚊科 Keroplatidae		2		1
缟蝇科 Lauxaniidae		7
沼大蚊科 Limoniidae		3		2
叶蝇科 Milichiidae		1		1
缨翅蚊科 Nymphomyiidae		1
蚤蝇科 Phoridae		2
眼蕈蚊科 Sciaridae		7
粪蚊科 Scatopsidae		2
小粪蝇科 Sphaeroceridae		2		2
圆目蝇科 Strongylophthalmyiidae		3		1
水虻科 Stratiomyidae	1	3
寄蝇科 Tachinidae		5	1	8
实蝇科 Tephritidae		1		1
大蚊科 Tipulidae		2
穴虻科 Vermileonidae		1
合计 Total	1	106	2	18

科 Family	新属数量 No. of new genus	新种数量 No. of new species	新记录属数量 No. of new record genus	新记录种数量 No. of new record species
腐木蝇科 Clusiidae		6
蠓科 Ceratopogonidae		5
摇蚊科 Chironomidae		9	1	2
蚊科 Culicidae		2
长足虻科 Dolichopodidae		9
舞虻科 Empididae		28
厕蝇科 Fanniidae		2
日蝇科 Heleomyzidae		3
扁角菌蚊科 Keroplatidae		2		1
缟蝇科 Lauxaniidae		7
沼大蚊科 Limoniidae		3		2
叶蝇科 Milichiidae		1		1
缨翅蚊科 Nymphomyiidae		1
蚤蝇科 Phoridae		2
眼蕈蚊科 Sciaridae		7
粪蚊科 Scatopsidae		2
小粪蝇科 Sphaeroceridae		2		2
圆目蝇科 Strongylophthalmyiidae		3		1
水虻科 Stratiomyidae	1	3
寄蝇科 Tachinidae		5	1	8
实蝇科 Tephritidae		1		1
大蚊科 Tipulidae		2
穴虻科 Vermileonidae		1
合计 Total	1	106	2	18

姓名 Name	单位 Institution	关注类群 Research group	新种数量 No. of new species
杨定 Ding Yang	中国农业大学 China Agricultural University	腐木蝇科、日蝇科、舞虻科、沼大蚊科、大蚊科、长足虻科 Clusiidae, Heleomyzidae, Empididae, Limoniidae, Tipulidae, Dolichopodidae	52
李文亮 Wenliang Li	河南科技大学 Henan University of Science and Technology	缟蝇科 Lauxaniidae	7
席玉强 Yuqiang Xi	河南农业大学 Henan Agricultural University	腐木蝇科、叶蝇科 Clusiidae, Milichiidae	7

姓名 Name	单位 Institution	关注类群 Research group	新种数量 No. of new species
杨定 Ding Yang	中国农业大学 China Agricultural University	腐木蝇科、日蝇科、舞虻科、沼大蚊科、大蚊科、长足虻科 Clusiidae, Heleomyzidae, Empididae, Limoniidae, Tipulidae, Dolichopodidae	52
李文亮 Wenliang Li	河南科技大学 Henan University of Science and Technology	缟蝇科 Lauxaniidae	7
席玉强 Yuqiang Xi	河南农业大学 Henan Agricultural University	腐木蝇科、叶蝇科 Clusiidae, Milichiidae	7

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