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Issue: Vol. 4114 No. 3: 24 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.3
Page range: 261–276
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Redescription of 13 holotypes of Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Sino–Indian Region

Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources and Utilization of Hubei Province, Biological Scientific and Technical College of Hubei University for Nationalities, EnShi City 445000, China.
Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources and Utilization of Hubei Province, Biological Scientific and Technical College of Hubei University for Nationalities, EnShi City 445000, China.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources and Utilization of Hubei Province, Biological Scientific and Technical College of Hubei University for Nationalities, EnShi City 445000, China.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Diptera Chironomidae Rheocricotopus redescriptions holotypes

Abstract

Thirteen holotypes of the orthoclad genus Rheocricotopus from Sino–Indian Region: R. (Psilocricotopus) hidakadeeus Sasa & Suzuki, R. (P.) isigadeeus Sasa & Suzuki, R. (P.) kurocedeus Sasa, R. (P.) tokarakeleus Sasa & Suzuki, R. (P.) tobatervicesimus Kikuchi & Sasa, R. (Rheocricotopus) inaquereus Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, R. (R.) inaxeyeus Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, R. (R.) shoufukusecundus Sasa, R. (R.) tamahumeralis Sasa, R. (R.) tatequintus Sasa, R. (R.) tedorisecundus Sasa, R. (R.) togapeniculus Sasa & Okazawa and R. (R.) yakulemeus Sasa & Suzuki are re-examined and illustrated, Some additional descriptions, corrections and a key of these thirteen holotypes are given.

 

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