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Issue: Vol. 5285 No. 2: 16 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.10
Page range: 381-388
Abstract views: 226
PDF downloaded: 13

Chironomidae (Diptera) of Shalmash Falls, West Azerbaijan, Iran, with the description of Paracricotopus davoodi sp. nov., a new Orthocladiinae

Department of Fisheries Sciences; Faculty of Natural Resources; 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 Biology; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; University of Prishtina; Kosovo
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 Physiology; Wayne State University; 540 E. Canfield; Detroit; MI 48201; USA
Diptera Azerbaijan Little Zab River Shalmash Orthocladiinae new faunistic records new species

Abstract

In this study, we describe Paracricotopus davoodi sp. nov., a new Orthocladiinae, and report on eight new faunistic records from Iran, further extending their distribution within the Palearctic realm. Along with describing a new species, we provide a key for the adult males and immatures of the genus Paracricotopus Brundin, 1956. We conducted this study as part of our ongoing investigation of the Chironomidae biodiversity in western Iran, where we aim to database new faunistic records and new taxa in the freshwaters of the Zagros Mountains. The studied freshwater, Shalmash Falls, is part of the main channel of the Little Zab River tributary that originates from the natural springs and glacier-fed runoffs of the Zagros Mountains. The Shalmash Falls is considered a natural wonder of western Iran and has ecotourism importance.

 

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