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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 2: 26 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.2.13
Page range: 389-394
Abstract views: 222
PDF downloaded: 22

The first record of Trichotanypus Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae: Podonominae) in the Tibet Plateau of China, with description of a new species

Life Science and Technology College; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China
Life Science and Technology College; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China
Diptera Chironomidae Podonominae Trichotanypus new species high altitude Tibet Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Trichotanypus hani sp. nov. is described here based on the male, pupa and larva collected in the Tibet Plateau. The new species is characteristic by the elongated posterolateral heel of gonostylus in the male, bifid thoracic horn in the pupa and 8-10 mandible teeth in the larva. This is the first formal record of Trichotanypus from East Asia, indeed the first far-outside the circum-Arctic area.

 

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