This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huang, Jia, Chen, Hongwei (2016): The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VI: the argentata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence. Zootaxa 4161 (2): 207-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.2.4

Abstract

Six species of the Leucophenga argentata species group from East Asia are examined (including one known and five new ones): L. argentata (de Meijere, 1914); L. bicuspidata sp. nov.; L. fuscivena sp. nov.; L. longipenis sp. nov.; L. quadricuspidata sp. nov.; L. tricuspidata sp. nov.; the diagnoses for Asian species of the argentata group and a key to these species are provided. A total of 44 DNA sequences of the mitochondrial COI (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) gene with BOLD process ID and GenBank accession numbers are provided for these species. The intra- and interspecific pairwise p-distances are summarized. The NJ (Neighbor-joining) and the Bayesian analyses are used to conduct a molecular phylogenetic analysis for the above-mentioned species. The molecular data are used as complementary evidence for the identification of the argentata group species with sexually dimorphic abdominal tergites.

Key words: DNA barcoding, Leucophenga argentata species group, new species, East Asia

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/45b6fbcc-533a-441f-b9db-ada4a02f10c7
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFBD7D49FFDDFF9EFFD23C014429FFA9
Citation: Huang J, Chen H, plazi (2016). The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VI: the argentata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4161.2.4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.