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In a recent paper, V. Michelsen(1988, Systematic Entomology 13: 271–314) revised 18 world species of anthomyiid cone and seed pests and described a new genus,Strobilomyia gen. n. He consideredS. melaniola of Northeast China to be a synonym ofS. viaria of North America. That they are the same species is not accepted. We compared the morphological characters of male and femaleS. melaniola adults with the close relatives,S. viaria andS. sibirica. We conclude that they are not the same species and that S.melaniola is an independent species.
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Fan Zide, Ge Fengxiang, Zhang Runsen, Fang Sanyang. 1982. On Chinese species of genusLasiomma especially those injurious to the coniferous cones (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). J. Northeast For. University Chinese Edition, 1982(1): 1–12
Michelsen, V., A world revision ofStrobilomyia gen. n.: the anthomyiid, seed pests of conifer(Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Systematic Entomology 1988 13: 271–314.
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Zidc, F., Zhizi, C. & Sanyang, F. Further description ofStrobilomyia melaniola (Fan) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). J. Northeast For. Univ. 1, 93–95 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874694
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874694