Rheocricotopus nigrus
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Chironomidae
Genus: Rheocricotopus
Name
Rheocricotopus nigrus Wang & Zheng, 1989 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Rheocricotopus nigrus Wang & Zheng, 1989: 311.
- Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) nigrus Wang, 2000: 639; Makarchenko and Makarchenko 2011[1]: 120, Ashe and O’Connor 2012[2]: 566.
Specimens examined
Type material: Holotype, ♂, Hubei Province, Xiangyang City, Gucheng County, 32°29'00"N, 111°64'00"E, 5.v.1986, sweeping, Wang XH; Paratype (1): 1♂, as holotype.
Additional material: 2♂♂, Zhejiang Province, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, 27°73'23"N, 119°19'06"E, 18.iv.1995, sweeping, Ji BC; 11♂♂, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, Kuerleying Town, 41°74'10"N, 86°10'82"E, 26.viii.2002, light trap, Tang HQ; 1♂, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, Yuli County, 41°57'00"N, 86°30'00"E, 25.v.2002, sweeping, Tang HQ; 1♂, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Haba County, 48°17'00"N, 86°42'00"E, 15.vii.2002, sweeping, Tang HQ; 1♂, Fujian Province, Nanping City, Mangdang Mountain, 26°69'52"N, 118°12'55"E, 22.ix.2002, sweeping, Liu Z; 1♂, Fujian Province, Nanping City, Mangdang Mountain, 26°69'52"N, 118°12'55"E, 23.ix.2002, sweeping, Liu Z.
Diagnosis
The adult male can be separated from other members of the group by the following combination of characters: body totally dark brown; AR 1.30; dorsocentrals 20; humeral pit large, similar to the square.
Remarks
The species distributed in both Oriental and Palearctic Region. The specimens from Palearctic Region have fewer dorsocentrals (13–17) than those from Oriental Region (20).
Distribution
China (Hubei, Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Russia (Far East).
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
- ↑ Makarchenko E, Makarchenko M (2011) Fauna and distribution of the Orthocladiinae of the Russian Far East. In: Wang X Liu W (Ed) Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Chironomidae, 107–125.
- ↑ 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.
