Four new species and four newly recorded species of the genus Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy from Japan with a key to Japanese species (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Hydrotaea R.-D., namely, H. daisetsuzana, H. exigua, H. ontakensis and H. multipilosa, are described and illustrated. H. pilipes Stein, H. cinerea R.-D., H. pandellei Stein, and H. parva Meade are newly recorded from Japan. A key to the Japanese species of the genus Hydrotaea is presented.