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Issue: Vol. 2197 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2197.1.3
Page range: 31–42
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 21

Evaluation of diagnostic characters of the Tanytarsus chinyensis group (Diptera: Chironomidae), with description of a new species from Lapland

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Al. Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81–378 Gdynia, Poland
Ruuhikoskenkatu 17 B 5, 24240 Salo, Finland
Diptera Chironomidae Tanytarsus systematics new species Lapland

Abstract

Tanytarsus salmelai sp. n. collected from the northernmost sites of the Finnish Lapland is described. The new species and two sibling Tanytarsus, T. brundini Lindeberg, 1963 and T. curticornis Kieffer, 1911, are compared, diagnosed and illustrated in detail. Morphological variability and diagnostic characters of the three related species are discussed. An emended diagnosis for adult males of the Tanytarsus chinyensis species group and a key to determination of European species of the group are also provided.

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