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Issue: Vol. 4970 No. 2: 14 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.10
Page range: 385–390
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Stenochironomus zhengi sp. nov. from Dawei Mountain National Park, Yunnan, China (Diptera: Chironomidae)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
Diptera identification key morphology new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species, Stenochironomus zhengi Lin & Liu sp. nov., is described and illustrated as adult males. An updated key to males of Stenochironomus from China is presented.

 

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