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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 4: 22 Aug. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.9
Page range: 592-599
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A new species in the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China

Joint Laboratory of Xianju National Park & Taizhou University; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China; Managing Committee of Xianju National Park; Xianju; Taizhou; China
Joint Laboratory of Xianju National Park & Taizhou University; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation; School of Life Sciences; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China
Joint Laboratory of Xianju National Park & Taizhou University; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation; School of Life Sciences; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China
Joint Laboratory of Xianju National Park & Taizhou University; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation; School of Life Sciences; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000; China
Diptera Chironomidae Stenochironomus

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How to Cite

Gu, J., Wang, Y., Teng, L., Qi, X. & Song, C. (2025) A new species in the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5683 (4), 592–599. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.9