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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 4: 18 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.4.6
Page range: 477-482
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Morphological description and DNA barcoding of Diamesa achipseensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from Southwestern 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 Diamesinae Diamesa new species DNA barcoding Caucasus

Abstract

Illustrated description of adult male, as well as DNA barcoding, of Diamesa achipseensis sp. nov. in comparison with close related species D. caucasica Kownacki et Kownacka from Southwestern Caucasus are provided. Interspecific distances between D. achipseensis sp. nov. and D. caucasica are extremely low (0.64% in average) despite the identified morphological differences. High similarity of these species is new example of genetically indistinguishable of some species of the genus Diamesa Meigen.

 

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