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Issue: Vol. 1151 No. 1: 14 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1151.1.4
Page range: 47–53
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East

Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, 100 let Vladivostoku Avenue, 159, Vladivostok 690022 Russia
Diptera Chironomidae Beckidia new species key Russian Far East

Abstract

Two new species of Beckidia Sæther, B. biraensis and B. connexa, from the Amur River Basin are described and figured as males. The male of B. tethys (Townes) is redescribed and figured and the species is recorded for the first time from Russia. The generic diagnosis is emended and a key to the males of Beckidia from the Holarctic Region is given.

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