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Issue: Vol. 5415 No. 4: 23 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.4.5
Page range: 561-569
Abstract views: 47
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Smittia solominae sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), living on ice of high mountain glaciers of the Elbrus Region (North Caucasus)

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 100 let Vladivostoku 159; 690022 Vladivostok; Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 100 let Vladivostoku 159; 690022 Vladivostok; Russia
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Leninskij prosp. 33; 119071 Moscow; Russia
Diptera Chironomidae Orthocladiinae Smittia new species DNA barcoding glaciers North Caucasus

Abstract

Illustrated morphological description with a study of DNA barcoding and biology of adult male, pupa and larva of Smittia solominae sp. nov., living on the ice surface of glaciers at an altitude of about 3000 m above sea level in the Elbrus region of the North Caucasus is given. DNA barcoding provided support that the new species unique within genus Smittia. The average interspecific distances between S. solominae sp. nov. and other Smittia from BOLD above 12% that correspond to species level.

 

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