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Issue: Vol. 5555 No. 2: 18 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.7
Page range: 277-282
Abstract views: 220
PDF downloaded: 13

Kribiocosmus Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae) newly recorded in China, with description of a new species

Life Science and Technology College; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China
Research Centre of Hydrobiology; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China
Diptera New record new species South China Kribiocosmus

Abstract

A new species, Kribiocosmus yini Tang is described based on the male and female collected from South China. The new species is characteristic by the reduced inferior volsella and arrow-shaped anal point. A key to all the known species of the genus in the world is provided. This is the first record of Kribiocosmus Kieffer in China.

 

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