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Issue: Vol. 1128 No. 1: 16 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1128.1.3
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Psectrotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from China

Department of Biology, Life Science College, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Department of Biology, Life Science College, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Diptera Chironomidae Tanypodinae Psectrotanypus new species key China

Abstract

Adults of the genus Psectrotanypus are recorded from the Oriental Region for the first time. Psectrotanypus lateralis sp. n. is described and P. varius (Fabricius) is redescribed from males, and a key to males of the genus worldwide is presented.

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