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Issue: Vol. 581 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.581.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 4

New species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann from the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)

Department of Biology, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, China
Department of Biology, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, China
461 Tiger Hammock Road, Crawfordville, FL 32327, USA
Diptera Chironomidae Bryophaenocladius new species Nearctic

Abstract

The male imagines of three new species of Bryophaenocladius from the USA, B. paranudisquama sp. n., B. polychaetus sp. n. and B. sclerus sp. n., are described and figured. A key to the male imagines of Nearctic Bryophaenocladius is presented.

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