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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.4
Page range: 76-94
Abstract views: 119
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Two new species of Diamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Central Iranian Range and Elburz Mountains (Iran), with new faunistic records for the subfamily

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology; Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences; Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Gorgan; Iran; Department of Fisheries Sciences; Faculty of Natural Resources; University of Kurdistan; Sanandaj; Iran; Zrebar Lake Environmental Research; Kurdistan Studies Institute; University of Kurdistan; Sanandaj; Iran
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences; Trent University; 1600 West Bank Drive; Peterborough; Ontario; Canada
Department of Biology; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; University of Prishtina; “Hasan Prishtina”; Prishtina; Kosovo
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology; Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences; Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Gorgan; Iran; Zrebar Lake Environmental Research; Kurdistan Studies Institute; University of Kurdistan; Sanandaj; Iran
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology; Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences; Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Gorgan; Iran
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology; Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences; Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Gorgan; Iran
Diptera Diamesinae new species Elburz Mountains Central Iranian Range East Azerbaijan Kurdistan

Abstract

As part of our continuous investigation into the biodiversity of Chironomidae of Iran, we expanded our collection area to the Elburz Mountains and the Central Iranian Range in East Azerbaijan and Kurdistan Provinces. As a result of this, we discovered and described Diamesa sahandensis sp. nov. and Sympotthastia golalae sp. nov., two new Diamesinae, adding to the diversity of these genera in Iran and the Palaearctic region. We also provide new Iranian faunistic records, Diamesa kasymovi Kownacka et Kownacki, 1973, describe its female for the first time, and provide an updated key to the adult males of Sympotthastia Pagast, 1947. Based on the molecular analysis of cytochrome oxidase (COI) genes and methods for delimiting species, the average interspecific distance between S. golalae sp. nov. and other species of Sympotthastia was high enough (13.9%) to maintain a species level.

 

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