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Issue: Vol. 3341 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3341.1.3
Page range: 46–53
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of the subgenus Eudactylocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China

College of Life science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
The Natural History Museum, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, N–5007, Norway
College of Life science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Diptera Chironomidae Orthocladius Eudactylocladius new species key China

Abstract

The subgenus Eudactylocladius Thienemann of the genus Orthocladius van der Wulp from China is reviewed. Three newspecies, O. (E.) brevis, O. (E.) fengensis and O. (E.) intectus are described and illustrated as adult males, and O. (E.) mus-ester Sæther, 2004, O. (E.) priomixtus Sæther, 2004 and O. (E.) subletteorum Cranston, 1999 are recorded from China for the first time and annotated. A key to the Chinese males of the subgenus is presented.

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