Abstract
One new species of the subgenus Eriocera Macquart, 1838, Hexatoma (Eriocera) cleopatroides Men, sp. n. (Southern China: Anhui) is described and illustrated. A key to all of 78 known species from China in the subgenus is provided, which was solely based on literatures. The new species is similar to Hexatoma (Eriocera) cleopatra Alexander, 1933, but distinguishes from the latter by the prescutum entirely black with two ill-defined gray stripes, by the legs with fore and middle femora brown in basal half, black in apical half, with hind femora brown in basal one-fourth, and by the wings with cells c and sc more yellowish brown than the ground color.
Highlights
Eriocera Macquart, 1838 was originally established as a genus with a single species Limnobia nigra Wiedemann
The specimens examined in this study were collected during scientific exploration in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, Anhui Province, undertaken by undergraduates and author
The measurements were made with the aid of a digital caliper
Summary
Eriocera Macquart, 1838 was originally established as a genus with a single species Limnobia nigra Wiedemann. Key to species of the subgenus Eriocera from China Abdominal segments brown; ovipositor with long hypovalva
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