taxonID	type	description	language	source
B6E52D22FC645F259FBBB639E4892775.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
B6E52D22FC645F259FBBB639E4892775.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body yellow. Head brown. Antenna short, reaching pronotum if bent backward. Prescutum and presutural scutum with four yellow stripes, central stripes divided 2 / 3 posteriorly. Scutellum with cloud-shaped brown markings, large stripe in middle, two markings at upper-anterior corners. Wing with pale brown cloud-shaped pattern around most veins; stigma grayish-brown; crossvein m-cu nearly connected to M fork. Outer gonostylus goose-head-shaped at apex, mesal part slightly narrower than remaining; inner branch of paramere elongated, with apex acute. Aedeagus tongue-shaped.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
B6E52D22FC645F259FBBB639E4892775.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Gansu, Guangdong, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang), Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Russia, South Korea.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
9C6909EB8F015F3683FFA6AAE1BD1188.taxon	description	Figs 3, 4	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
9C6909EB8F015F3683FFA6AAE1BD1188.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body brown to dark brown. Antenna long, reaching wing base if bent backward. Prescutum and presutural scutum dark brown, with four dark stripes. Mediotergite dark brown, about twice the length of scutellum, with oval, brown spot at posterior margin. Wing without stigma; crossvein m-cu before M fork, distance about 1 / 5 its own length. Tergite 9 with posterior margin flat, shallow depression at middle. Outer gonostylus slightly curved, distal half blackened, apex blunt. Aedeagal complex with a large sheath at both ends, formed by the apical part of the parameres.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
9C6909EB8F015F3683FFA6AAE1BD1188.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 6.66 – 7.41 mm, wing length 7.61 – 8.31 mm, antenna length 1.13 – 1.34 mm (N = 6). Head (Fig. 3 a, b). Mostly dark brown. Vertex with sparse, brown setae along eye margin. Antenna brown, 16 - segmented, reaching wing base if bent backward; scape cylindrical, enlarged; flagellomeres dark brown, terminal four segments pale brown (Fig. 3 a, b). Thorax (Fig. 3 a, c). Mostly dark brown. Pronotum dark brown. Prescutum and presutural scutum dark brown, with four indistinct dark stripes. Postsutural scutum dark brown, middle area yellowish brown. Scutellum dark brown with yellowish-brown band at middle. Mediotergite long, dark brown, twice as long as scutellum, posterior margin with two oval, brown spots (Fig. 3 c). Legs with fore-coxae dark brown; mid-coxae and hind-coxae lighter, pale-brown markings; trochanters pale brown, with dark-brown margins; femora brown, slightly swollen distally; tibiae brown, with dark-brown apices; tarsi dark brown (Fig. 3 a). Wing gray subhyaline, without stigma; veins generally brown, R 1 and Sc with apices pale yellow; crossvein m-cu before M fork, distance about 1 / 5 its length; cell dm approximately twice as long as wide (Fig. 3 d). Halter with stem gray, knob brown in distal half. Abdomen (Fig. 3 a). Mainly dark brown. Tergites 1 – 6 grayish brown, tergites 7 – 8 dark brown. Sternites 1 – 6 pale brown, sternites 7 – 8 dark brown. Abdominal setae brownish. Hypopygium (Figs 3 e, 4). Mostly brown. Tergite 9 dark brown, wider than long; posterior margin flat, strongly sclerotized, densely covered with setae, with shallow depression at middle (Fig. 4 a). Gonocoxite nearly cylindrical, densely covered by long, brown setae (Fig. 4). Outer gonostylus slightly curved, distal half blackened, apex blunt. Inner gonostylus slightly curved, with short, sparse setae. Aedeagal complex with parameres exhibiting a distinct apical excavation, large sheath at both ends, base of paramere elongated; inner branch of paramere elongated, membranuous, apically rounded; interbase short, wider than inner branch of paramere and aedeagus, apically blunt. Aedeagus rod-shaped (Figs 3 e, 4 a). Female. Unknown.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
9C6909EB8F015F3683FFA6AAE1BD1188.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Qinghai: Menyuan).	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
9C6909EB8F015F3683FFA6AAE1BD1188.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name (from Latin bimaculatus (adj., meaning “ two spots ”) refers to the two spots at the posterior margin of mediotergite.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
7BD29BB525555B51A3C6FBD2B45E41D6.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
7BD29BB525555B51A3C6FBD2B45E41D6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body brown. Antenna short, reaching base of prescutum if bent backward. Prescutum and presutural scutum with three darker brown stripes on brown background. Wing grayish brown; stigma slightly darker, barely noticeable; crossvein m-cu before M fork, distance about 1 / 4 its length. Tergite 9 with posterior margin having shallow depression at middle; outer gonostylus strongly sclerotised, wide at base, narrowed to blunt apex. Aedeagus sword-shaped, blunt at apex. Inner branch of paramere elongated, blackened and blunt at apex. Interbase a narrow, elongated, apically acute lobe. Ovipositor with long, narrow cercus, apex raised, tapering; hypogynial valvae long, straight, reaching half cercus.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
7BD29BB525555B51A3C6FBD2B45E41D6.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 4.39 – 4.87 mm, wing length 4.54 – 4.79 mm, antenna length 0.86 – 1.16 mm (N = 49). Head (Fig. 5 a, b). Mostly pale brown. Vertex brown. Antenna pale brown, 16 - segmented, reaching base if bent backward; scape cylindrical; pedicel narrower at base, distal margin brown; flagellomeres oval, distal segments elongated, cylindrical, with erect, sparse setae (Fig. 5 a, b). Thorax (Fig. 5 a, c). Mostly brown. Pronotum brown, with large dark brown spot in middle. Prescutum and presutural scutum brown, with three dark-brown stripes. Postsutural scutum brown, scutal lobes each with blunt, square, dark spots on anterior middle. Scutellum brown, with black lateral margin. Mediotergite brown, dark-brown marking at upper-anterior corners, with pale-brown stripes on the upper side of these markings (Fig. 5 c). Legs with fore-coxae pale brown; mid-coxae and hind-coxae lighter; trochanters pale brown with brown margins; femora pale brown, slightly swollen distally; tibiae brown, brown apices; tarsi brown, pale brown at base of first tarsi (Fig. 5 a, e). Wing grayish brown; stigma slightly darker, barely noticeable; R 1, CuA 1 and A 2 brown; crossvein m-cu before M fork, distance about 1 / 4 its length (Fig. 5 d). Halter pale brown, subhyaline; knob pale brown (Fig. 5 a). Abdomen (Fig. 5 a). Mostly pale brown. Sternites 7 – 8 with brown stripe in middle. Abdominal setae brownish. Hypopygium (Figs 5 f, 6). Mostly brown. Tergite 9 with dark-brown stripes in middle, shallow depression at mid-posterior margin (Fig. 6 a). Gonocoxite cylindrical, inner margin concave (Fig. 6). Outer gonostylus strongly sclerotized, wide at base, narrowed to blunt apex, bent inward. Inner gonostylus fleshy, slightly broader than outer gonostylus, covered with sparse, yellow setae; apex blunt. Aedeagal complex with parameres fused apically, base of paramere elongated, extending laterally with a gradual taper at apex (Figs 5 f, 6 a). Inner branch of paramere elongated, blackened and blunt at apex. Interbase a narrow, elongated, apically acute lobe. Aedeagus sword-shaped, blunt at apex. Female. Body length 5.29 – 6.05 mm, wing length 5.37 – 5.61 mm, antenna length 0.84 – 1.24 mm (N = 3). Resembles male in head and wing. Ovipositor (Fig. 5 g). Tergite 10 yellow, with brown spot. Cercus long, narrow, apex slightly raised and tapering. Hypogynial valve, straight, yellow, reaching about 1 / 2 of cercus.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
7BD29BB525555B51A3C6FBD2B45E41D6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Gansu: Tianshui; Shaanxi: Yangxian), North Korea.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
1A5A9BABC270583D9DAB79338A3847E7.taxon	description	Figs 7, 8, 9	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
1A5A9BABC270583D9DAB79338A3847E7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body dark brown. Antenna long, reaching wing base if bent backward. Prescutum and presutural scutum with four dark-brown stripes, central stripes divided 3 / 4 posteriorly; mediotergite dark brown, without grain. Wing pale gray, without stigma; vein CuA brown, wider and darker than other veins; crossvein m-cu almost connected to M fork. Tergite 9 with Y-shaped depression at middle, divided into two lobes, posterolateral margin with round projection; outer gonostylus strongly curved, base yellow, distal 2 / 3 blackened, apex slightly bifid. Aedeagus apically bifid; inner branch of paramere dark brown, base darker; interbase a narrow, apically blunt lobe.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
1A5A9BABC270583D9DAB79338A3847E7.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 6.11 – 6.38 mm, wing length 6.57 – 6.89 mm, antenna length 0.83 – 0.99 mm (N = 115). Head (Fig. 7 a, b). Mostly brown. Vertex dark brown. Antenna light brown, 16 - segmented, reaching wing base if bent backward; scape cylindrical; pedicel narrower at base, brown distal margin; flagellomeres oval, distal segments elongated cylindrical, with erect sparse setae and pale tips (Fig. 7 a, b). Thorax (Fig. 7 a, c). Mostly brown. Pronotum brown, large dark-brown spot in middle. Prescutum and presutural scutum brown, with four dark brown stripes; central stripes divided 3 / 4 posteriorly, with pale-brown seam; mediotergite dark brown, without grain. Postsutural scutum brown, middle and posterior margin lighter in color. Scutellum brown with dark-brown lateral margin. Mediotergite dark brown (Fig. 7 c). Legs with fore-coxae dark brown; mid-coxae and hind-coxae lighter; trochanters pale brown; femora pale brown, slightly swollen distally; tibiae pale brown, brown apices; tarsi brown, pale brown at base of first tarsi (Fig. 7 a, e). Wing pale gray, without stigma; vein CuA brown, wider and darker than other veins; crossvein m-cu almost connected to M fork (Fig. 7 d). Halter pale brown, subhyaline; knob pale brown (Fig. 7 a). Abdomen (Fig. 7 a). Mostly brown. Sternites 7 – 8 with dark brown stripe in middle. Abdominal setae black. Hypopygium (Figs 6, 7 e). Mostly brown. Tergite 9 with Y-shaped depression at middle, divided into two lobes, posterior margin with round projection on each side (Fig. 8 a). Gonocoxite cylindrical, inner margin concave (Fig. 8). Outer gonostylus strongly curved, base yellow, distal 2 / 3 blackened, apex slightly bifid. Inner gonostylus fleshy, slightly broader than outer gonostylus, with sparse, yellow setae, blunt apex. Aedeagal complex with parameres fused apically, forming flattened arch, base of paramere clover-shaped, with a gradual taper at apex (Figs 7 f, 8 a). Inner branch of paramere gradually tapering from the middle to the apex, dark brown, base darker. Interbase a narrow, elongated, apically acute lobe. Aedeagus bifid at apex. Female. Body length 6.86 – 7.89 mm, wing length 7.94 – 8.61 mm, antenna length 1.24 – 1.33 mm (N = 37). Resembles male in head and wing. Ovipositor (Fig. 7 g). Tergite 10 yellow, with brown spot. Cercus long, narrow, apex slightly raised and tapering. Hypogynial valvae, straight, yellow, reaching about 2 / 3 of cercus.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
1A5A9BABC270583D9DAB79338A3847E7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang: Yumin, Gongliu, Tekesi, Wenquan, Yumin, Zhaosu), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Qiao, Xue, Wang, Xue, Yang, Ding, Ren, Jinlong (2025): New records and a new species of the subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Northwest China. ZooKeys 1256: 179-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.135717
