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Published: 2012-11-09
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Neotype designation for Cladotanytarsus (Lenziella) bicornutus (Kieffer), and first description of the distinctive female (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Diptera Section, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany
Diptera Chironomidae Cladotanytarsus Lenziella nomenclature systematics

Abstract

A neotype for Cladotanytarsus (Lenziella) bicornutus (Kieffer, 1922), the type species of Lenziella Kieffer, 1922, is designated from material sampled by Krüger in the 1940’s and recently discovered in the Thienemann collection. The adult female of C. (L.) bicornutus is described for the first time, and its diagnostic characters are discussed.

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