Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of a new species.

Previously, no records of Loew, 1857 species were known from Inner Mongolia (China). The genus is reported here from Inner Mongolia for the first time, with the description of a new species, , along with two previously described species, Hollis, 1964 and Yang & Saigusa, 2000. and Hollis, 1964 are barcoded for the first time to support the species delimitation.

Morphological Characterization of the Antenna and Scent Patch of Three Species (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae, Danainae).

The scent system of is important for the study of butterfly sexual communication and relevant investigations in biomimetics due to its involvement with mimicry. Using light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy, the morphological characteristics of ' antennae and scent patches of the scent system for three species, , , and , were investigated herein. Their apical clubs of the flagellums contain sensilla trichodea, sensilla chaetica, and sensilla coeloconica.

Six new species of Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tibet.

Six species of from Tibet are described as new to science: , , , , , and A key to the species from Tibet of the genus is provided. The distribution of the genus in Tibet is also discussed.

Universal cooling patterns of the butterfly wing scales hierarchy deduced from the heterogeneous thermal and structural properties of Tirumala limniace (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae).

The radiative cooling of butterfly wing scales hierarchy has great value in understanding how poikilotherms adapt to the environment and developing bionic materials. However, it remains unclear what the cooling system is like and how the variation of hierarchy affects the cooling efficiency. Therefore, the correlation between the variations of the structure and emissivity of scale hierarchy is thoroughly investigated in Tirumala limniace (Cramer, 1775), whose thermal properties are highly heterogeneous among different wings and regions but similar between males and females.

Contribution to understanding the evolution of holometaboly: transformation of internal head structures during the metamorphosis in the green lacewing Chrysopa pallens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).

Background: Metamorphosis remains one of the most complicated and poorly understood processes in insects. This is particularly so for the very dynamic transformations that take place within the pupal sheath of holometabolous insects. Only few studies address these transformations especially with regard to cranial structures of those holometabolous species where the larval and adult forms have a similar diet.

Sciapodinae from the Himalayan region with description of nine new species from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).

The Himalayan region now includes 67 species in seven genera of Sciapodinae, including nine new species (Amblypsilopus acuminatus sp. nov., A.

Revision of the genus Enderlein in Southeast Asia, a tale of highly diverse male terminalia (Diptera, Dolichopodidae).

In the present paper the Oriental species of the genus Enderlein, 1912 are revised based on the type material of known species and new material from Singapore and Cambodia. A re-description and illustration of the holotype female of (Wiedemann, 1824) is given but since it has been described on the basis of a female only and its provenance India Orientalis is only a vague indication of its type locality, it is considered as a nomen dubium. All the species put as junior synonyms by Becker (1922) of are re-established to their original status with diagnosis: (Loew, 1864) and Enderlein, 1912.

Elevated atmospheric CO promoted speciation in mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae).

Mosquitoes are of great medical significance as vectors of deadly diseases. Despite this, little is known about their evolutionary history or how their present day diversity has been shaped. Within a phylogenetic framework, here we show a strong correlation between climate change and mosquito speciation rates: the first time to our knowledge such an effect has been demonstrated for insects.

, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae).

(Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus of the subfamily Medeterinae, is described from the Oriental and Australasian realms based on four new species. Grootaert & Tang, is designated as type of the new genus. The genus is peculiar because of the small body size, the small globular first flagellomere (postpedicel), the simple male genitalia with indistinct or small epandrial lobe and half-hidden cercus.

The mitochondrial genome of (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).

The long-legged fly Wei et Liu belongs to the subfamily Hydrophorinae of Dolichopodidae. The mitogenome of was sequenced, the first representative of the mitogenome of the subfamily. The mitogenome is 14,143 bp totally, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs, and 22 transfer RNAs.

The complete mitochondrial genome analysis of (Diptera, Syrphidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Syrphidae) is reported here. This is the first sequenced mitogenome from the subfamily Milesiinae. The whole mitochondrial genome is 16,091 bp in length and contains 37 canonical genes, which include 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes and two ribosomal RNA genes, the control region is 1125 bp in length.

Transcriptomes of three species of Tipuloidea (Diptera, Tipulomorpha) and implications for phylogeny of Tipulomorpha.

Tipulomorpha has long been a problematic taxon in terms of familial composition, phylogenetic relationships among families and position relative to other 'lower' Diptera. Whole-transcriptome shotgun sequencing provides a powerful basis for phylogenetic studies. We performed de novo transcriptome sequencing to produce the first transcriptome datasets representing the families Pediciidae, Limoniidae and Cylindrotomidae using high-throughput sequencing technologies.

Rhaphium (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae) from China with six new species.

There are 26 species of Rhaphium recorded from China, including the following six species described as new to science: Rhaphium apophysatum sp. nov., R.

New species of Medetera from Inner Mongolia, China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae).

Only three species of Medetera Fischer von Waldheim were known from Inner Mongolia. Here the following ten new species of Medetera, of which three species belong to Medetera apicalis group and seven belong to Medetera diadema-veles group, are added to the fauna of Inner Mongolia: Medetera albens sp. n.

New species of Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from mangroves in southern China (Shenzhen).

Three species of Thinophilus Wahlberg are recorded from mangroves near Shenzhen (China). Two species new to science are described and illustrated: T. dongae sp.

New species of Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae) from Tibet.

Only one species of Medetera Fischer von Waldheim was known to occur previously in Tibet. Here the following three species of Medetera are described as new to science: Medetera exornata sp. nov.

New species of Hercostomus baishanzuensis group from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodinae).

Previously only ten species of Hercostomus Loew were known to occur in Tibet, of which only two belong to the H. baishanzuensis group. Here the following six species of the H.