Metriocnemus tamaokui
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Chironomidae
Genus: Metriocnemus
Name
Metriocnemus tamaokui Sasa – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Metriocnemus tamaokui Sasa, 1983: 77
Material examined
CHINA: Sichuan Province, Daocheng City, Sangdui County, 29°11'28"N, 100°6'32"E, 1 male, 11.vi.1996, sweep net, X. Wang. Yunnan Province, Dali County, Yinqiao, 25°45'10"N, 109°5'12"E, 1 male, 21.v.1996, light trap, B. Wang. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Yining City, Saimuli Lake, 44°37'26"N, 81°12'28"E, 1 male, 30.vii.2000, light, trap, N. Tang.
Remarks
The species has an AR = 1.13; very long palp; wing with numerous macrotrichia; ta1 and ta2 of mid and hind leg each with 2 pseudospurs; virga composed of nearly 20 spines; anal point robust, partly parallel–sided; a strongly projecting, rectangular inferior volsella in basal half of the gonocoxite; and a triangular, preapical crista dorsalis.
Distribution
The species was described from Japan (Sasa 1983[1]), and it is a newly recorded in China. It is known from both Oriental and Palaearctic China.
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
- ↑ Sasa M (1983) Studies on chironimid midges of the Tama River. Part 6. Description of species of the subfamily Orthocladiinae recovered from the main stream in the June survey. Research Report from the National Institute for Environmental Studies 43: 69-100.
