Kloosia Kruseman, Chernovskiia Saether, Robackia Saether, and Saetheria Jackson (Chironomidae: Chironominae) in Japan Author Kobayashi, Tadashi text Zootaxa 2007 1527 1 15 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.177577 511a993b-91c9-4c4f-9653-216fe7c4074a 1175-5326 177577 Kloosia Kruseman Kloosia Kruseman, 1933 : 152 . The genus Kloosia is a member of the Harnischia group. The male hypopygium has a non-shortened inferior volsella covered with very short setae only, lacking long, apical setae. Reiss (1988) included four species in Kloosia , namely K. koreana Reiss, 1988 collected in Eastern Asia, K. africana Reiss, 1988 from tropical Africa, K. pusilla (Linnaeus, 1767) from Europe and Russia , and K. dorsenna ( Saether, 1983 ) from the Nearctic region. This is the first record of Kloosia from Japan . Adults were collected at Nagara River, Gifu Prefecture and at Nishiki River, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and larvae at Teradomari, Niigata Prefecture. All were identified to K. koreana .