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Issue: Vol. 4743 No. 3: 26 Feb. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.8
Page range: 411–418
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 5

Review of the genus Amnihayesomyia Niitsuma (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species from China

Institute of Groundwater and Earth Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
84-3 Abeguchishinden, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 421-2114 Japan.
Diptera Amnihayesomyia Tanypodinae new species Tibet Yunnan China

Abstract

Three new species of Amnihayesomyia are described from China: A. vittata sp. n. and A. tibetica sp. n. each based on the male and female adults, and A. subflava sp. n. based on the male adult. In addition, a key to the known males of this genus is provided.

 

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