title: New species of Hercostomus baishanzuensis group from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodinae).
abstract: 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. baishanzuensis group are described as new to science: Hercostomus bisetus sp. nov., H. deltodontus sp. nov., H. flavus sp. nov., H. galonglaensis sp. nov., H. nuciformis sp. nov. and H. pailongensis sp. nov. A key to the species of the H. baishanzuensis group from Tibet is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: tcf0816@126.com.
authors.forename: Chufei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics & Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China.; Email: tolily@126.com.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: dyangcau@126.com.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D018609:Tibet