Abstract
The male imagines of 15 Rheotanytarsus species from China, including 8 new species (R. aphelus, R. apiculus, R. brevipalpus, R. bullus, R. fundus, R. liuae, R. polychaetus, R. quadratus), are described and figured. Rheotanytarsus buculicaudus Kyerematen & S ther and R. tamatertius Sasa are new records for China. Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen), R. aestuarius (Tokunaga), R. muscicola Thienemann, R. pentapodus (Kieffer), and R. tamaquartus Sasa are re-examined. A key to male imagines of Chinese Rheotanytarsus is presented.References
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