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Issue: Vol. 5424 No. 5: 18 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.5.6
Page range: 581-588
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Discovery of the Japan-Nearctic genus Chasmatonotus from the Korean Peninsula, with description of a new species (Diptera, Chironomidae)

7-1-402; Baikoen 2-chome; Chuo-ku; Fukuoka-shi; 810-0035 Japan
Diptera Fully-winged non-flying chironomid Chasmatonotus yamamotoi Asia-Nearctic disjunct distribution mesonotal fissure Orthocladiinae Masaru Yamamoto

Abstract

A new species of the chironomid genus Chasmatonotus, C. yamamotoi sp. nov. is described from the southern mountainous area of the Korean Peninsula. This represents the first record of the genus from Continental Asia, hitherto known as Japan-Nearctic in distribution.

 

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