A Systematics Research Of The Genus Phaonia From China (Diptera: Muscidae)

The genus Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy,1830, belongs to the Diptera familyMuscidae. It is the largest genus of Muscidae and is widely distributed all over theworld. Now about800species of the genus have been known in the world. Thisarticle systematically focused on the species and distribution of Phaonia in Chinaand it divided391Chinese species into37species-groups and17species-subgroups: P. tenuiseta-group, P. angulicornis-group, P. pallida-group,P. semilunara-group, P. siebecki-group, P. barkama-group, P.consobrina-group,P. acerba-group, P. angelicae-group, P. falleni-group, P. latipalpis-group, P.trimaculata-group, P. benxiensis-group, P. datongensis-group, P.guangdongensis-group, P. errans-group, P. simulans-group, P. oxystoma-group, P.splendida-group, P. serva-group, P. nymphaearm-group, P. vivida-group, P.pratensis-group, P. boleticola-group, P. boleticola-group, P. magnicornis-group, P.minuticornis-group, P. guizhouensis-group, P. villana-group,P.liupanshanensis-group, P. fuscata-group, P. flavicornis-group, P. bitrigona-group,P.minutiungula-group, P.errans-group, P.chalchica-group, P. triseriata-group, P.fuscicoxa-group; and gave the keys to Chinese species-groups and speciesrespectively; found20new species, gave the geographical distributions; Theresearch reported a new record in China, Phaonia rubriventris Emden,1965;descriped female of P. holcocerca Feng et Ma,2000; added6new distributions;gave morphological figures about the20new species, a new record species. so far,826species of the genus have been known over the world. There are391Phaoniaspecies in China, which account for47.3%of the species worldwide; The wholearticle contains100,000words,21figures,119references. The type specimens ofnew species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang NormalUniversity(IESNU), Shenyang, China.