Metriocnemus bilobatus
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Chironomidae
Genus: Metriocnemus
Name
Metriocnemus bilobatus Makarchenko & Makarchenko – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Metriocnemus bilobatus Makarchenko & Makarchenko, 2004: 216
Material examined
CHINA: Sichuan Province, Kangding City, Ertaizidaoban, 30°2'20"N, 101°50'6"E, 1 male, 15.vi.1996, water net, X. Wang. Sichuan Province, Litang County, 29°59'45"N, 100°16'11"E, 1 male, 11.vi.1996, light trap, X. Wang.
Remarks
This species can be separated from other Metriocnemus species by having a total length of 2.18–2.42 mm, wing length of 1.85–2.25 mm, AR = 0.23–0.26, acrostichals in 2 rows, 25–37 dorsocentrals, and reduced anal lobe of the wing. The anal point is 45–48 µm long, and lacking microtrichia in distal half. Virga is 50–53 µm long and consists of a single spine. The inferior volsella is bilobate, and the length of the basal lobe is about half the length of the gonocoxite.
Distribution
The species is recorded from Russian Far East (Makarchenko and Makarchenko 2004[1]). In China it was collected in Sichuan Province in Oriental China for first time.
Taxon Treatment
- Li, X; Wang, X; 2014: New species and records of Metriocnemus van der Wulp s. str. from China (Diptera, Chironomidae) ZooKeys, 387: 73-87. doi
Other References
- ↑ Makarchenko E, Makarchenko M (2004) Novye i maloizvestnyi vidy komarov–zvontsov podsemeistva Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) s ostrova Sakhalin (New and little–know chironomids of the subfamily Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Sakhalin Island). In: Storozhenko S (Ed) Flora and fauna of Sakhalin Island. (Material of International Sakhalin Project). Part 1. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 214-223.
