title: Two new species of Chelifera Macquart from China (Diptera: Empididae).
abstract: Two new Chelifera species, C. liuae sp. nov. from Sichuan and C. tibetensis sp. nov. from Tibet, are described. The genus Chelifera is recorded from Tibet for the first time. Cheliefera tibetensis is assigned to the C. rhombicercus-group. An updated key to the species of Chelifera from China is provided.
authors.affiliation: School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China Research Institute of Crop Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Xiwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China Research Institute of Crop Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Email: yanshanchun@126.com.
authors.forename: Shanchun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: dyangcau@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male