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Issue: Vol. 4755 No. 1: 23 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.1.9
Page range: 171–176
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 100 let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia, Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Lugovaya 52b, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia
402 South 6th Street Stillwater, MN 55082 U.S.A.,
Diptera Chironomidae Diamesinae Pagastia new species key Nearctic

Abstract

An illustrated description of the adult male of Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov. from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, of North America is provided. An updated key to the determination of all known Holarctic species of Pagastia Oliver for males is also provided. 

 

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