New species and records of Metriocnemus van der Wulp s. str. from China (Diptera, Chironomidae)
Author
Li, Xing
Author
Wang, Xin-hua
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.387.6408
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.387.6408
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Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes (Meigen)
Chironomus fuscipes
Meigen, 1818: 49
Metriocnemus fuscipes
(Meigen);
van der Wulp (1875
: 136);
Saether
(1989
: 423,
1995
: 58);
Wang (2000
: 637)
Material examined.
CHINA: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Liupan Mountain,
35°47'22"N
,
106°17'36"E
, 1 male, 4.viii.1987, light trap, W. Wang. Liaoning Province,
Changbai
Mountain,
41°2'40"N
,
122°37'38"E
, 1 male, 1.v.1994, light trap, X. Wang. Tibet, Yadong County,
27°29'5"N
,
88°54'25"E
, 1male, 29.viii.2003, light trap, H. Xue.
Remarks.
This species is easily recognized by the lack of virga, pointed anal point, low inferior volsella with apical hump, LR3 only 0.38-0.39 and AR = 0.9-1.2 (
Saether
1989
). The Chinese specimens have a slightly higher AR (1.28-1.42) than that given by
Saether
(1989)
(AR = 0.86-1.17).
Distribution.
The species is recorded from the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions (
Ashe and
O'Connor
2012
). In China the species was collected in Palaearctic China.