Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5188 No. 2: 16 Sept. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.4
Page range: 145-156
Abstract views: 309
PDF downloaded: 19

Contribution to the knowledge of Rheotanytarsus pellucidus species group from China (Diptera, Chironomidae): three new and one newly recorded species

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China.
Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. 3Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
Diptera Tanytarsini identification key new species China

Abstract

Three new species, Rheotanytarsus ashei Yao & Liu sp. n., Rheotanytarsus pinderi Yao & Liu sp. n. and Rheotanytarsus vallenduuki Yao & Liu sp. n. are described and illustrated as adult males. Rheotanytarsus oss Cranston, 1997 is newly recorded and re-described from China. An updated key to males of Rheotanytarsus pellucidus species group is presented.

 

References

  1. Cranston, P.S. (1997) Revision of Australian Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae), with emphasis on immature stages. Invertebrate Systematics, 11, 705–734. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96025
    Epler, J.H., Ekrem, T. & Cranston, P.S. (2013) 10. The larvae of Chironominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region — keys and diagnoses. In: Andersen, T., Cranston, P.S. & Epler, J.H. (Sci. Eds), The larvae of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Holarctic Region –– Keys and diagnoses. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement, 66, 387–556.
    Glover, B. (1973) The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement, 23, 403–478. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS023
    Hazra, N., Brahma, S. & Sanyal, K. (2016) New Species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann and Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini) from Darjeeling–Sikkim, Himalaya, India, with revised keys to the adult males and pupae of the species of the Oriental Region. Psyche, 1–14. Article ID 5924521. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5924521 .
    Kawai, K. & Sasa, M. (1985) Seven new species of chironomid midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Ohta River, Japan. Japanese Journal of Limnology, 46, 15–24. https://doi.org/10.3739/rikusui.46.15
    Kyerematen, R.A. & Sæther, O.A. (2000) A review of Afrotropical Rheotanytarsus Thienemann et Bause, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 143, 27–70. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-99900038
    Kyerematen, R.A., Sæther, O.A. & Andersen, T. (2000) A review of the Rheotanytarsus pellucidus group (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Hoffrichter, O. (Ed.), Late 20th century research on Chironomidae: an Anthology from 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Shaker Verlag, Achen, pp, 147–181.
    Lehmann, J. (1970) Revision der europäischen Arten (Imagines ♂♂ und Puppen ♂♂) der Gattung Rheotanytarsus BAUSE (Diptera, Chironomidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 185, 343–378.
    Moubayed, Z. (1990) Chironomids from running waters of Thailand: Description of Rheotanytarsus thailandensis sp.n. and Tanytarsus thaicus sp.n. (Dipt., Chironomidae). Hydrobiologia, 203, 29–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005610
    Moubayed-Breil, J., Langton, P.H. & Ashe, P. (2012) Rheotanytarsus dactylophoreus, a new mountain species from streams in the Eastern Pyrenees and Corsica (Diptera: Chironomidae). Fauna norvegica, 31, 167–173. https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v31i0.1375
    Qi, X., Yao, Y., Liu, W.B. & Yan C.C. (2022) Review of the Rheotanytarsus muscicola species group from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Diversity, 14, 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050383
    Reiss, F. (1971) Ein Beitrag zur ostpalaearktischen Chironomiden fauna (Diptera) am Beispiel einiger Tanytarsini-Arten aus der Mongolei und Ostsibirien. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 92, 198–212.
    Sæther, O.A. (1969) Some Nearctic Podonominae, Diamesinae, and Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 170, 1–154. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-99900059
    Sæther, O.A. (1980) Glossary of chironomid morphology terminology (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement, 14, 1–51.
    Sæther, O.A. & Kyerematen, R.A. (2001) Towards phylogeny and zoogography of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann et Bause, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 144, 73–117.
    Sasa, M. (1980) Studies on chironomid midges of the Tama River. Part 2. Description of 20 species of Chironominae recovered from a tributary. Research Report from The National Institute for Environmental Studies, 13, 1–107.
    Sasa, M. & Suzuki, H. (1991) The Chironomids of the Jyoganji River Hayatsuki River and Katakai River. Pt. 5. Studies on the chironomids of the Aso National Park Area, Kyushu. Toyama Prefectural Environmental Pollution Research Center, 93–100.
    Siebert, M. (1979) Two new chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Germany and Austria. Aquatic Insects, 1, 165–168. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650427909360990
    Walker, F. (1848) List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. London, 352 pp.
    Wang, X.H. & Guo, Y.H. (2004) A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini). Zootaxa, 650 (1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.650.1.1
    Wang, X.H. & Zheng, L.Y. (1993) Taxonomic studies on Chironomidae from China VI. Genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Nankaiensis, 1, 89–93.
    Yao, Y., Liu, W.B., Wang, X.H. & Lin, X.L. (2022) Rheotanytarsus baihualingensis and R. diaoluoensis (Diptera: Chironomidae), two new species from Oriental China. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 59 (1), 149–154. https://doi.org/10.5735/086.059.0113