Rheocricotopus emeiensis
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Chironomidae
Genus: Rheocricotopus
Name
Rheocricotopus emeiensis Wang & Zheng, 1989 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Rheocricotopus emeiensis Wang & Zheng, 1989: 311.
- Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) emeiensis Wang, 2000: 639, Ashe and O’Connor 2012[1]: 563.
Specimens examined
Type material: Holotype, ♂, Sichuan Province, Leshan City, Emei Mountain, 29°58'18"N, 103°29'15"E, 17.v.1986, sweeping, Wang XH.
Additional material: 1♂, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Haba County, 48°17'00"N, 86°42'00"E, 15.vii.2002, sweeping, Tang HQ; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Hanzhong City, Liuba County, Xiaoliuba Village, 33°64'03"N, 106°90'31"E, 4.viii.1994, sweeping, Ji BC; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Xi’an City, Zhouzhi County, Banfangzi, 33°81'84"N, 107°99'64"E, 7.viii.1994, light trap, Ji BC; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Xi’an City, Zhouzhi County, Banfangzi, 33°81'84"N, 107°99'64"E, 10.viii.1994, light trap, Ji BC; 1♂, Yunnan Province, Kunming City, Fumin County, 25°22'61"N, 102°52'32"E, 1.vi.1996, sweeping, Wang XH; 1♂, Yunnan Province, Kunming City, Yiliang County, 24°92'24"N, 103°13'95"E, 2.vi.1996, sweeping, Wang XH; 1♂, Fujian Province, Xiamen City, 24°48'24"N, 118°08'44"E, 15.v.1993, sweeping, Bu WJ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, 26°60'17"N, 106°70'36"E, 10.vii.1995, light trap, Bu WJ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, 26°41'34"N, 106°66'66"E, 23.vii.1995, sweeping, Bu WJ.
Diagnosis
This species can be separated from other members of the group by the following combination of characters: R bare; anal point short, pointed distally.
Remarks
The additional specimens are similar to the description of Wang and Zheng (1989)[2]. The species is recorded from Palearctic Region for the first time.
Distribution
China (Fujian, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Yunnan Provinces, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region)
Taxon Treatment
- Liu, W; Lin, X; Wang, X; 2014: A review of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chalybeatus species group from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera, Chironomidae) ZooKeys, 388: 17-34. doi
Other References
- ↑ Ashe P, O’Connor J (2012) A world catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 2B. Orthocladiinae. Irish Biogeographical Society & National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 558–575.
- ↑ Wang X, Zheng L (1989) Two new species of the genus Rheocricotopus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomotaxonomia 11(4): 311-313.