New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions Author Jiang, Ye Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China Author Zhang, Xiao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-0968 Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China xzhang_cn@163.com text ZooKeys 2020 2020-12-31 1008 93 105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.60704 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.60704 1313-2970-1008-93 6D886192F9764D12949B0EC4178956EE 2A3DE1E459C35E47BE963FB103C85F59 Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) tenua Savchenko, 1976 Metalimnobia quadrinotata tenua Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976: 151. Type locality: Russia, several localities in Eastern Siberia and the Far East Specimens examined. 1 male, China: Sichuan, Pingwu, Wanglang National Nature Reserve, Shuizhagou ( 32°54'16"N , 104°09'34"E , 2447 m), 2016.VII.20, Yizhe Li. Diagnosis. Pleuron brownish yellow, variegated by darker areas. Femora each brownish yellow with two rings, apical ring black, subapical ring slightly paler and spreading over half of femora. Wing brownish with two relatively large spots at base. Sc1 ending beyond fork of Rs, Sc2 shorter than Sc1; basal section of CuA1 before fork of M. Inner gonostylus divided into three lobes. Paramere subtriangular, tip slightly acute and bare (Fig. 4b, e ). Distribution (new record in bold). China (Ningxia, Sichuan ); Austria, Czech Rep., Italy, Finland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden ( Oosterbroek 2020 ). Remarks. Metalimnobia (M.) tenua is widespread in the Palearctic region. In China, this species was previously only known in Ningxia and is now recorded in Sichuan for the first time. For descriptions and illustrations of this species, see Savchenko and Krivolutskaya (1976) , Savchenko (1983) , Podenas and Gelhaus (2007) and Mao and Yang (2010) .