A review of Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966 (Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from East Asia and bordering territories, with the description of five new species
Author
Makarchenko, Eugenyi A.
Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, 100 let Vladivostoku Avenue, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: makarchenko @ biosoil. ru Koporasu-Tamura-C, Minami-machi Higashi- 5 - 1 - 14, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080 - 0855, Japan. E-mail: endito @ snow. plala. or. jp Life Science College of Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China. E-mail: xhwang @ nankai. edu. cn Corresponding author
Author
Endo, Kazuo
Author
Wu, Jingyang
Author
Wang, Xinhua
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-07-07
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1817.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1817.1.1
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Boreoheptagyia tibetica
Makarchenko, Wang
et
Willassen
(
Figs 34–36
)
Boreoheptagyia tibetica
Makarchenko, Wang
et
Willassen, 1996: 825
.
Diagnostic characters.
The species was described in detail by
Makarchenko
et al.
(1996)
. The male is characterized by: total length
1.5 mm
; wing length
0.33–0.40 mm
. Coloration: general color dark brown, legs yellowish, with light brown or brown rings, wing gray. Antenna with 6 flagellomeres, without plume (
Fig. 34
), AR 0.44. Acrostichals 14, 22–
26 µm
long; dorsocentrals 6, in single anterior group; prealars 15–16; preepisternals absent. Wing reduced, R and R
1
with 16–18 setae, R
4+5
with 56 setae. Alula with 0–8 setae. Squama with 6 short setae. Anal lobe slightly reduced. LR
1
0.66, SV
1
2.95, BV
1
3.51. Hypopygium as in
Figures 35– 36
. Aedeagal lobe sclerotized. Gonocoxite simple, broad. Gonostylus curved, widest in basal half, with one short megaseta.
Remarks.
The male of
B. tibetica
can be separated from all other
Boreoheptagyia
species
with femalelike antenna by the features mentioned in the key.
Distribution.
The species is known only from a high mountain area (
1.700 m
a.s.l.) in
Tibet Province
,
China
.