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Issue: Vol. 5633 No. 2: 12 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.5
Page range: 316-335
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Tanytarsus dawai sp. nov. and larval morphology of T. sinuatus within the T. norvegicus species group (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China
Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China
Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Autonomous Region; Lhasa 850001; Xizang Autonomous Region; China
Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China
Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Department of Natural History; NTNU University Museum; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; NO-7491; Trondheim; Norway
Diptera Tanytarsini DNA barcode female larva taxonomy

Abstract

Tanytarsus dawai Lin, sp. nov., within the Tanytarsus norvegicus species group, is described and illustrated as larvae and adults from Xizang, China. The holotype of T. sinuatus Goetghebuer, 1936 is examined and the larvae of T. sinuatus from China (Qinghai, Xizang and Yunnan) are described and illustrated for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, Z.-C., Rong, Y.-X., Nyima, T., Zhang, R.-L. & Lin, X.-L. (2025) Tanytarsus dawai sp. nov. and larval morphology of T. sinuatus within the T. norvegicus species group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa, 5633 (2), 316–335. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.5