Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Aquatic Organisms (LEEBAO), School of Natural Sciences, Vladivostok 690091, Russia.
Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 30;4899(1):zootaxa.4899.1.14. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14.
In this paper, five species of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 are recognized in the fauna of South Africa. Four of these species are new: D. foordi sp. nov. (♂♀), D. leroyorum sp. nov. (♂), D. vanderwaltae sp. nov. (♀) and D. wesolowskae sp. nov. (♂♀). The male of D. simoni Kauri, 1950 is described for the first time. Diphya tanikawai Marusik, 2017 syn. nov. was found to be a junior synonym of D. simoni. Descriptions with illustrations, photographs and SEM images are provided for all species. The relationship between the South African and the Neotropical Diphya species is briefly discussed.
本文在南非动物区系中确认了 5 种尼科莱特氏双翅目（Diphya）昆虫。其中有 4 种是新种： Foordi 双翅目（♂♀）、 Leroyorum 双翅目（♂）、 Vanderwaltae 双翅目（♀）和 Wesolowskae 双翅目（♂♀）。首次对西蒙氏双翅目（♂♀）的雄性进行了描述。坦卡瓦伊氏双翅目（♂♀）被发现是西蒙氏双翅目的一个同物异名。提供了所有物种的说明、插图、照片和 SEM 图像。简要讨论了南非和新热带双翅目物种之间的关系。
