<documentID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403"ID-GBIF-Dataset="ba8c8c69-3d8e-4e59-9131-c37206a1de26"ID-PMC="PMC9848771"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1104-93"ID-Pensoft-UUID="F277CDFEDF6E5A888F2AB68235745385"ID-PubMed="36761924"ID-ZooBank="E19A929655A846408DC00F9E34357F1E"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1104-93"checkinTime="1654860120523"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Song, Chao, Zhu, Bin-Qing, Moubayed-Breil, Joel, Lei, Teng & Qi, Xin"docDate="2022"docId="6DA956926B0B5822962C8C6E5694AC2C"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1104: 93-113"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1104"docPubDate="2022-06-09"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403"docTitle="Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi 2022, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="16D79540-7339-434A-9662-29D1BB5F360B"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="4"id="F277CDFEDF6E5A888F2AB68235745385"lastPageNumber="93"masterDocId="F277CDFEDF6E5A888F2AB68235745385"masterDocTitle="Taxonomic study on the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer from the Baishanzu Nature Reserve, China (Diptera, Chironomidae)"masterLastPageNumber="113"masterPageNumber="93"pageNumber="93"updateTime="1732711004263"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="777CC079212D58443338D20F9532963A">Taxonomic study on the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer from the Baishanzu Nature Reserve, China (Diptera, Chironomidae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="7F287F562256F53EE0CD953743BF7993">College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="2DFA5D9EB6497AA077CCA446E2211796">Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="7E9C3C50D3E68452BA1A2C4054A3A551">Freshwater & Marine biology, 10 rue des Fenouils, F- 34070 Montpellier, France</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CBB8B60224D55296F363B0061375EB12">College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="652B268A886BAD00D53B083EC633E0A3">College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, China</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="5FE992B842E2E82EB086F2D7D24345DB"LSID="http://zoobank.org/16D79540-7339-434A-9662-29D1BB5F360B"authority="Song & Qi"authorityName="Song & Qi"authorityYear="2022"class="Insecta"family="Chironomidae"genus="Stenochironomus"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Stenochironomus baishanzuensis"order="Diptera"pageId="0"pageNumber="93"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="baishanzuensis"status="sp. nov.">Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi</taxonomicName>
<figureCitationid="E6C748466CD7CC5FD5C89C997DA0F41C"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male adult (holotype, in dorsal view) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi sp. nov. male."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693998"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">Figs 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="925649D8E5B03E00C90555E31CEA9ED0"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A wing B hypopygium in dorsal C hypopygium in ventral view D legs."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693999"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">, 7</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="FDABA6D01CAA03BADF2778624C0C6432"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A hypopygium in dorsal view B hypopygium in ventral view C superior volsella."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/694000"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">, 8</figureCitation>
(BOLD & TZU sample ID: ZJCH226; Field ID: BSZ93) 1 male, China, Zhejiang Province, Lishui City, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu National Nature Reserve,
sp. nov. can be distinguished from other related species by the following combination of characters: membrane of wing with large dark spots on median and apical parts; median vitta, lateral vitta, and postnotum with pigmentation; superior volsella short and broad with four setae; inferior volsella with four long bristles and one stout terminal spine, not overreaching apex of anal point.
<paragraphid="A7EEECA3369FC9482E5DAEE477DD70E9"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">The specific name refers to the Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, where the holotype was collected.</paragraph>
<figureCitationid="07DE1A70D9B0105EB4EEABBF0467085F"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male adult (holotype, in dorsal view) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi sp. nov. male."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693998"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">6</figureCitation>
). Head. Antennal hairs dark; palpomeres dark. Thorax almost pale yellow, with posterior portion of media vitta, posterior 3/4 portion of postnotum, and almost the lateral vitta dark brown. Membrane with 2 dark spots located around RM and FCu areas (median spot is darker). Legs. P1: knee, tibia and Ta 1 dark brown, basal 3/4 of femur and Ta 2-5 pale yellowish; P2: yellowish with brownish knee; P3: yellowish with brownish knees and tibia. Abdomen almost light brown with T VI-VII dark brown.
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<figureCitationid="57AA4D170B9F3434D6296959780C1F6E"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A wing B hypopygium in dorsal C hypopygium in ventral view D legs."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693999"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">7D</figureCitation>
<tableCitationid="0A336E66BC531729F943E9C5D15D0C98"captionStart="Table 5"captionStartId="T5"captionText="Table 5. Male adult of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis sp. nov. Lengths (in µm) and proportions of legs (N = 3, except where otherwise stated)."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/26F317C58EC03E2E30E0B53D7B8712BF"pageId="0"pageNumber="93"tableUuid="26F317C58EC03E2E30E0B53D7B8712BF">5</tableCitation>
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<figureCitationid="6C027F511E1E0ED46D5ED787BD795E2B"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A wing B hypopygium in dorsal C hypopygium in ventral view D legs."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693999"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">7B, C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="F84B30444DEF004DB31BB40CAEE76395"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A hypopygium in dorsal view B hypopygium in ventral view C superior volsella."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/694000"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">8</figureCitation>
wide at apex. Tergite IX with 18-23, 20 long setae medially, and 3-4, 4 setae laterally. Posterior margin of tergite IX with 3-4, 4 spines and 5-7 long setae each side. Transverse sternapodeme 38-53, 44
<figureCitationid="1D5F3A14382F06B5C872E19B51323D8D"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male adult (holotype) of Stenochironomus baishanzuensis Song & Qi, sp. nov. A wing B hypopygium in dorsal C hypopygium in ventral view D legs."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1104.81403.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/693999"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">7C</figureCitation>
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(Fabricius, 1794) in the structure of the hypopygium and the wing patterns, but can be separated by the following characters: straight and parallel-sided anal point, and legs bearing different patterns (Table
<tableCitationid="0128B515A6E0819226D6783072A96BB0"captionStart="Table 4"captionStartId="T4"captionText="Table 4. Main differences between S. annulus sp. nov., S. baishanzuensis sp. nov., S. gibbus, and S. xianjuensis."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/75B996484767B660C9AD7B2025EBC620"pageId="0"pageNumber="93"tableUuid="75B996484767B660C9AD7B2025EBC620">4</tableCitation>
<paragraphid="97425805524F80BDDD2F08BFB37D486E"pageId="0"pageNumber="93">The species is currently known only from Zhejiang Province, Oriental China.</paragraph>
