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Issue: Vol. 5886 No. 2: 2 Oct. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5886.2.4
Page range: 227-242
Abstract views: 148
PDF downloaded: 7

First description of the immature stages of five species of Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China

Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; College of Fisheries and Life Science; 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; College of Fisheries and Life Science; 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; College of Fisheries and Life Science; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China
China National Environmental Monitoring Centre; Beijing 100012; China
Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution; College of Fisheries and Life Science; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China; Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai 201306; China
Diptera Chironominae taxonomy larvae pupa DNA barcode

Abstract

Larvae of Stenochironomus annulus Song & Qi, 2022, S. baishanzuensis Song & Qi, 2022, S. koreanus Borkent, 1984 and S. okialbus Sasa, 1990, and the pupa of S. oyabearcuatus Sasa, Kawai & Ueno, 1988 were collected from China. Their immatures were associated with adults by DNA barcodes and are herein described and illustrated for the first time.

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How to Cite

Li, Y.-F., Zhang, Z.-C., Zhao, Y., Sun, B.-J. & Lin, X.-L. (2026) First description of the immature stages of five species of Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5886 (2), 227–242. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5886.2.4