This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Grootaert, Patrick, Taylor, Christopher, Guénard, Benoit (2019): Three new species of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 from mangroves in Hong Kong (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 540: 1-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.540

Abstract. The genus Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 is recorded for the first time from mangroves in Hong Kong. Three species are described as new to science: Rhaphium hongkongense sp. nov. and Rhaphium spinulatum sp. nov., both tentatively belonging to the Rhaphium crassipes group sensu Negrobov & Grichanov (2010), and Rhaphium canniccii sp. nov. assigned to a new species group, the Rhaphium micans group. The status of Rhaphium mediocre (Becker, 1922) described from Taiwan and Rhaphium eburnea (Parent, 1926) from Shanghai is discussed. NGS barcodes for the new species are provided.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2d33c675-52ef-4bf7-a1d0-884df2d2e8c4
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFBE9435FFA9FFD8FFE8A755FF85FFAA
Citation: Grootaert P, Taylor C, Guénard B, plazi (2019). Three new species of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 from mangroves in Hong Kong (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae). European Journal of Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.540 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.