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Issue: Vol. 4121 No. 2: 8 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.6
Page range: 167–174
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Two new species of genus Hydrosmittia Ferrington & Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China

College of Fisheries and life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.
Diptera new species key Hydrosmittia Chironomidae China

Abstract

The genus Hydrosmittia from China is reviewed. Two new species H. continalinea sp. n. and H. sipinata sp. n. are described and illustrated based on male imagines. Key to known male imagines of genus Hydrosmittia worldwide is provided.

 

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