title: The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), Part I: The abbreviata species group from the Oriental region with morphological and molecular evidence.
abstract: A new species group, the abbreviata group is established within the genus Leucophenga based on one known and three new species, all of which are endemic to the Oriental region: L. abbreviata (de Meijere, 1911), L. brevivena sp. nov., L. sujuanae sp. nov. and L. zhenfangae sp. nov. A key to four species of the abbreviata group and the DNA barcoding are provided. Twenty-three mtDNA COI sequences belonging to the above species are analyzed; the molecular data are used as interactive evidence to evaluate the species boundaries defined by the morphological data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Wushan-lu 483, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510642, China.
authors.forename: Yirui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Jinming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018428:Drosophilidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D017753:Ecosystem; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV